Chris Wilson

@cdwilson
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I build things. Usually with electronics. Preferably open-source.

Chief Fun Officer at @cgnd

Websitehttps://cdwilson.dev
Githubhttps://github.com/cdwilson
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I'll be speaking at @crowdsupply
#Teardown2025 in just over a week!

I'll walk through how to automatically generate a #KiCad database library based on part data stored in Aligni #PLM software.

Slide deck PDF in the link below if you want to take a sneak peek:

https://cgnd.dev/posts/teardown-2025-talk-are-we-plm-yet/

Teardown 2025 Talk: Are we PLM yet?

Teardown 2025 Talk: Are we PLM yet? A beginners introduction to product lifecycle management for KiCad.

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What naming convention do you use for symbols and footprints (land-patterns) in your #KiCad libraries?
KiCad Library Conventions (KLC)
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IPC-7351B or IPC-7352
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PCB Libraries (i.e. unreleased IPC-7351C)
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Something else (reply in the comments)
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Seeed Studio XIAO RA4M1 Board Now Supported in Zephyr RTOS

Support for the Seeed Studio XIAO RA4M1 board has just been merged into Zephyr RTOS by ZMK lead developer Pete Johanson.

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If you've wanted to try #ZephyrRTOS but weren't sure where to start, I wrote up a quick start tutorial that can help you get started on the $5 #raspberrypi Pico 2 board--no other hardware or debuggers required!

https://www.hackster.io/cdwilson/zephyr-rtos-on-raspberry-pi-pico-2-part-1-cf39f0

Zephyr RTOS on Raspberry Pi Pico 2 - Part 1

Zero to (Greek) Hero: A quick start guide for running Zephyr RTOS v4.1 on the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 board. By Chris Wilson.

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Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate #ZephyrRTOS build environments when working in West workspaces.

https://www.hackster.io/cdwilson/automatically-activate-zephyr-build-environments-with-direnv-65af9c

Automatically activate Zephyr build environments with direnv

Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate Zephyr build environments when working in West workspaces. By Chris Wilson.

Hackster.io

I chatted with the embedded team at Raspberry Pi about the #RP2350 on The Amp Hour. It's an amazing "dual dual-core" part that is finding its way into many products. We chatted #hardwaresecurity and #lowpower, as those were key enhancements over the #RP2040.

https://theamphour.com/687-the-rp2350-with-the-raspberry-pi-team/

#687 – The RP2350 with the Raspberry Pi Team | The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast | A weekly show about the trends in the electronic industry.

Short follow-up to yesterday's post showing how to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Parallels on a Mac with Apple Silicon (ARM64)

https://cgnd.dev/posts/intel-quartus-prime-lite-edition-via-parallels-mac-apple-silicon-arm64/

#fpga

How to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Parallels on a Mac with Apple Silicon (ARM64)

Learn how to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Parallels on a Mac with Apple Silicon (ARM64).

cgnd.dev

I think this is the best usage of WebAssembly I've seen so far:

https://doom-captcha.vercel.app/

#doom #wasm #webassembly

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I recently got a Terasic DE0-CV #fpga dev board super cheap on eBay, but how to run the Quartus tools on my Mac... 🤔

Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟

https://cgnd.dev/posts/intel-quartus-prime-lite-edition-via-remote-desktop/

How to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Remote Desktop

Learn how to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Remote Desktop

cgnd.dev

Anyone have an old #SparkFun RED-V board collecting dust in a drawer?

I'd be happy to pay you for it (including shipping). Feel free to DM me.