Timot05

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1. 31.▲
   by Timot05 3y ago

   Thanks!
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   by Timot05 3y ago

   I do agree. Though it is interesting to try figure out why openscad (and similar projects) haven't become more prominent in the industry. It feels like some aspects about code to hardware have to be tweaked for it to become the standar
3. 33.▲
   by Timot05 3y ago

   Yeah, that would be great. We currently don't compile down to spice but we hope to get there one day.
4. 34.▲
   by Timot05 3y ago

   The core compiler is open source so hopefully the stakes are low to start using it on non-production equipment like test fixtures, bed of nails, quick prototypes... Based on experience using the compiler on those project, it could be transi
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   by Timot05 3y ago

   Forgot to reply to the support aspect: Best way to support us right now is to try the project and give feedback on where you'd like to see this going. The project is open source so feel free to raise issues or contribute as well :)
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   by Timot05 3y ago

   Yeah we did run into a similar issue. Someone designed a power supply and it wasn't immediately obvious how the elements of the circuit were hooked up in ato. I think a viewer would be nice ultimately. But we haven't exactly figur
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   by Timot05 3y ago

   Yeah that’s an interesting aspect. We did implement a viewer very early on. And we then removed it from the project. What we discovered is that: - making a visual viewer is a non trivial endeavor. It takes a lot of time but the value add is
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   by Timot05 3y ago

   Thanks for the support! For the autolayout part, one thing we realized is that it’s very hard for a computer to do a good job at it when there is a lot of implicit requirements that are not baked into the schematics. We are hoping that by c
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   by Timot05 3y ago

   That’s exactly what we are going for! Have a look at packages.atopile.io. We have a package with power supplies that you can just add to your board with ato install regulators https://gitlab.atopile.io/packages/r
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    by Timot05 3y ago

    Hey, We did use skidl for a little while as we were figuring things out (see a project here: https://gitlab.atopile.io/pew-pew-and-friends/sizzle-sack ). But we later ended up moving away from it towards ato for mainly
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    by Timot05 3y ago

    Our language is also a markup language more than a programing language. The goal here is that we would want the code to become a description of what the circuit is, instead of how to obtain it. The obtaining part is the job of the compiler.
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    by Timot05 3y ago

    I do agree. The package registry ( https://packages.atopile.io ) is an attempt at importing from existing GitHub/GitLab ato projects. This will need quite a bit more polish until it gets to the level Rust's crates.io or
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    by Timot05 3y ago

    Hey! Really love that. My dad gave me a piece of wood with some basic components like LEDs, motors, resistors and light bulbs and a battery that I could connect those to and understand how they worked. Glad to see you are doing something si
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    by Timot05 3y ago

    Thanks!! The open source aspect was really important to us. We are hoping that ato modules can become a convenient language for the community to share modules with each other, in a similar fashion to python and pypi. Having an open code bas
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    by Timot05 3y ago

    Thanks for the support! We will try get a booth at open sauce again this year. Hope to see you there :)
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    Show HN: Atopile – Design circuit boards with code

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