A few years ago, I wrote a few columns titled Making A Thing. These columns were a tutorial of sorts for several different 3D modeling programs. This column wasn’t meant to be a complete guide to ...

Always glad to feature a Raspberry Pi book on Gadget Master so here's Design an RP2040 board with KiCad KiCad is open source PCB design software and the RP2040 is the chip that’s at the heart of the ...

Have you ever looked at a small development board like an Arduino or an ESP8266 board and thought you’d like one with just a few different features? Well, [Kai] has put out a fantastic guide on how to ...

Promoted content: PCBWay, a leading manufacturer and assembler of high-quality printed circuit boards (PCBs), is proud to announce its latest innovation - the KiCad plugin. This plugin is designed to ...

KiCAD (pronounced ‘keycad’) is a capable open-source pcb layout tool, which recently reached version 6. I have been trying to use the software, and feel stuck an ‘just muddling thorough’. In search of ...

In today’s electronics industry, compact, efficient, and versatile PCBs are in high demand. Rigid-flex technology allows engineers to design boards that bend and flex without compromising performance ...

A GBR file is a type of file used to store printed circuit board (PCB) design data. It is an open, ASCII, vector format that is supported by most PCB design software. GBR files contain information ...

The official Raspberry Pi Ltd. is helping the KiCad open source design automation software raise funds in its end of year event by matching donations made on the KiCad’s website up to a maximum of ...

I’ve been an EagleCAD user for 20 years now—more than half the product’s 36-year lifespan. I’ve used EagleCAD as a hobbyist, a maker, a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) blogger, and a small robot ...