Collaborate Disseminate
In the world of cheap amateur radio transceivers, the Quansheng UV-K5 can’t be beaten for hackability. But pretty much every hack we’ve seen so far focuses on the firmware. What …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering the Quansheng Hardware
CATS is a new communication and telemetry standard intended to surpass the current Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) standard by leveraging modern, super-cheap Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) transceivers rather than …read more Continue reading CATS: A New Communication and Telemetry System
I have a pretty large GitHub repository, with all of my boards open-sourced there. Now, I’m finally facing the major problem it has – it can be uncomfortable for others …read more Continue reading Share Your Projects: KiCad Automations And Pretty Renders
A few days ago, KiCad 8 was released, and it’s a straight upgrade to any PCB designer’s quality of life. There’s a blog post as usual, and, this year, there’s …read more Continue reading KiCad 8 Makes Your Life Better Without Caveats
We love Blender. It brings you 3D modeling, but not in a CAD way — instead, people commonly use it to create animations, movies, games, and even things like VR …read more Continue reading From KiCad to Blender for a Stunning Render
You might remember that KiCad 7 came out this February, with a multitude of wonderful features. One of them was particularly exciting to see, and the KiCad newsletter even had …read more Continue reading Revive A Sony Vaio P-Series With KiCad’s Background Bitmaps
When I saw this year’s Supercon Vectorscope badge, I decided that I had to build one for myself. Since I couldn’t attend in-person, I immediately got the PCBs and parts …read more Continue reading Vectorscope KiCad Redrawing Project
If you’re like us, there’s a creeping feeling that comes over you when you’re placing an order for parts for your latest project: Don’t I already have most of this …read more Continue reading EcoEDA Integrates Your Junk Bin into Your Designs
These days, when it comes to GPS devices the antenna is typically part of the package. But what better opportunity for [Pepijn] to learn how to make a GPS antenna …read more Continue reading Designing a PCB GPS Antenna From Scratch
After years of seeing people showing off and trading their badge Simple Add-Ons (SAOs) at Supercon, this year I finally decided to make one myself. Now for a first attempt, …read more Continue reading Chip Shortage Engineering: Misusing DIP Packages