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Although some of the first Android-powered smartphones had them and Blackberries were famous for them, physical keyboards on portable electronics like that quickly became a thing of the past. Presumably …read more Continue reading Thin Keyboard Fits in Steam Deck Case
Jumperless is a jumperless breadboard with multicolored LED visualization of signals in real-time. Sounds like magic? This beautifully executed entry to the 2023 Hackaday Prize by [Kevin Santo Cappuccio] uses …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Jumperless, The Jumperless Jumperboard
When working on a PCB design in KiCad, it’s helpful that the files are all text and can easily be checked into Git or other source control. However, stepping back …read more Continue reading Where Did Your PCB Go Wrong? KiRI knows
Troubleshooting a circuit is easy, right? All you need is a couple of hands to hold the probes, another hand to twiddle the knobs, a pair of eyes to look …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Circuit Scout Lends a Hand (Or Two) for Troubleshooting
What if I told you that you might never need to draw a new footprint again? Such is my friend’s impression of the tool that she’s shown me and I’m …read more Continue reading Easyeda2KiCad: Never Draw a Footprint Again
You know the old saying. When all you have open is KiCad, everything looks like a PCB. That was certainly true for [Evan], who needed to replace a 2.5D small …read more Continue reading Nail, Meet KiCad
Migrating a PCB design from one CAD software package to another is no one’s favorite task. It almost never works cleanly. Often there are missing schematic symbols, scrambled PCB footprints, …read more Continue reading Importing EAGLE Projects Into KiCad 7, And How To Fix Them
The dystopian future you’ve been expecting is here now, at least if you live in New York City, which unveiled a trio of technology solutions to the city’s crime woes …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 16, 2023
One of the most laborious tasks in PCB layout is the routing. Autorouting isn’t always perfect, but it is nice to have the option, even if you only use it …read more Continue reading Kicad Autorouting Made Easy
[Jarrett] recently stumbled upon a class of drawing algorithms called force-directed graphs, which artificially apply forces to the elements. The final graph is then generated by applying the laws of physics …read more Continue reading Physics-Controlled Component Auto-Placer