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I learned PCB design on Eagle, switched to Kicad about 5 years ago, and in the last three years have really been doing a LOT of PCB design with Kicad. I love it
by TaylorAlexander 3y ago
I learned PCB design on Eagle, switched to Kicad about 5 years ago, and in the last three years have really been doing a LOT of PCB design with Kicad. I love it so much!
Here's a dense four layer brushless motor control board I designed recently, which can be viewed online in the amazing Kicanvas viewer:
https://kicanvas.org/?github=https://github.com/Twisted-Fields/rp2040-motor-controller/blob/main/RP2040_motor.kicad_pcb https://kicanvas.org/?github=https://github.com/Twisted-Fiel...
- lsllc 3y agoDitto (in that I learned Eagle and switched to KiCad a few years ago). KiCad is great! Way better than Eagle.
- lbayes 3y agoNice to see you Taylor! I'm really enjoying watching the progress on your motor controller!
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoAww yay thank you! After three months in development the new boards are almost done with assembly and I should see them next week!
- vaporary 3y agoLove everyone. <3
- TaylorAlexander 3y ago<3 and it’s supposed to come with a silkscreen heart but I found a bug in their viewer for pours on the silk layer heh https://github.com/theacodes/kicanvas/issues/31 https://github.com/theacodes/kicanvas/issues/31
- sircastor 3y agoThis is me too. My first projects were in Eagle, primarily because it was the de facto standard for EDA for hobbyists for a while. KiCAD used to be awful and very challenging. In the last several years, it’s really improved and I enjoy using it. If you haven’t picked it up in a while, give it a shot.
- jacquesm 3y agoWhat a nice piece of work!
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoThank you!
- neltnerb 3y agowow, kicanvas looks great for sharing designs, is the idea that you use github for versioning your kicad folder (probably better than my current lazy dropbox option) and then you can just share the designs with people? that is a cool website. can you share designs privately with team members? it looks great for collaborating if it's got authentication.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoThese are great questions! I wonder how it works if you have a file which is private on GitHub but you’re logged in to GitHub and you’re able to view the file in your browser. Maybe kicanvas is sufficiently local to your machine that this would work. Either way I know it is under active development so you could file a GitHub issue and ask about that! Link to the GitHub for it on the main page here: https://kicanvas.org/ https://kicanvas.org/
- amelius 3y agoCan users share the schematics also? Perhaps I'm not looking in the right place, but I can't find the button for it. Anyway, this looks great.
- tomn 3y agoSeems like you need to change the URL to point at a schematic file: https://kicanvas.org/?github=https://github.com/Twisted-Fields/rp2040-motor-controller/blob/main/power_and_cpu.kicad_sch https://kicanvas.org/?github=https://github.com/Twisted-Fiel...