Collaborate Disseminate
If you want to draw schematics today, you probably sit down at your computer. Why not? There are a ton of programs made to do the work easily, and the …read more Continue reading Blast From the Past: Schematic Templates
We’d wager that, if you’re reading Hackaday, you’ve looked at more than a few circuit diagrams in your day. Maybe you’ve even converted a few of them over to a …read more Continue reading Atopile Wants you to Code Schematics
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
I’ve been following the development of KiCAD for a number of years now, and using it as my main electronics CAD package daily for a the last six years or …read more Continue reading KiCAD 6.0: What Made It and What Didn’t
A while back, [Heavydeck] remembered stumbling across the worst CAD package ever, which is a schematic editor whose existence was purely intended for use to make quick circuit sketches for …read more Continue reading The Second Worst CAD Package Ever
When it comes to electronic design, breadboarding a circuit is the fun part — the creative juices flow, parts come and go, jumpers build into a tangled mess, but it’s …read more Continue reading Tricked-Out Breadboard Automatically Draws Schematics of Whatever You Build
If you’ve ever pushed the needle a bit on your Raspberry Pi, there’s a good chance you’ve been visited by the dreaded lightning bolt icon. When it pops up on the corner of the screen, it’s a warning that the …read more
Continue reading PCB Mods Silence Voltage Warnings on the Pi 4
Do you remember drawing your first schematic? Presumably you used a pen or a pencil and some kind of paper. Schematic capture software, though, makes it so much easier to draw schematics. There are many to choose from, but we spent some time checking out FidoCadJ and found it capable. …read more
Continue reading New Release of FidoCadJ Draws Schematics Everywhere
For [Leigh Oliver], there’s something undeniably appealing about the green on black instrumentation of the 2003 Saab 9-3 Gen2. Perhaps it’s because the Infotainment Control Module 2 (ICM2) screen brings a bit of that classic Matrix vibe to the daily commute. Whatever the reason, it seemed the display deserved better …read more
Continue reading Reverse Engineering a Saab’s In-Dash Display
The most notable of the home computer and console hardware from the 8-bit golden era didn’t get their impressive sound and graphics from off-the-shelf silicon, instead they relied on secretive custom chipsets to get the edge over their competitors. Unfortunately for vintage gaming aficionados, those chips are now long out …read more
Continue reading An Atari Graphics Chip, Ready For You To Build