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moonwick.lasthome.net
Hanging out in that liminal space between "as far as I know this PCB layout is finished" and "if I stare at it longer I might discover something that's wrong that I can correct before I pay money to have this committed to a physical form".
3D rendering from KiCAD of a smallish (60mm x 30mm) printed circuit board, populated with components including a microcontroller, screw terminals (one for power, one for 10 various inputs/outputs) and an assortment of passive components, MOSFETs, a voltage regulator and pin headers/sockets.
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
0x3b29.bsky.social
The enclosures for my new motor controllers for my 100% custom large scale spray painting wall plotter are ready. Everything looks super clean and neat. Really proud here 😊 #maker #3dprinting #plotter #kicad #arduino #robot #hardware #art #motor #stepper
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
arturo182.bsky.social
The new Design Rule Editor in @kicad.org nightly is looking good 😍
A dialog window in KiCad with a tree widget on the left showing a view of various rule categories with rules in them, the selected rule is "ignore_usb_silk_clearance" in the Manufacturability->Silk Clearance->Silk to silk clearance category. On the right side is a graphic explaining what silk to silk means and then a value of the clearance set to 0.00 mm. Under that are the conditions of the rule, it's for connector J1 and the Edge Cuts layer.
January 16, 2026 at 1:04 PM
arturo182.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The new Design Rule Editor in @kicad nightly is looking good 😍
A dialog window in KiCad with a tree widget on the left showing a view of various rule categories with rules in them, the selected rule is "ignore_usb_silk_clearance" in the Manufacturability->Silk Clearance->Silk to silk clearance category. On the right side is a graphic explaining what silk to silk means and then a value of the clearance set to 0.00 mm. Under that are the conditions of the rule, it's for connector J1 and the Edge Cuts layer.
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
sachy.dev
Figuring out KiCAD a bit better now, updated lightning detector PCB. Now with a JST-PH 3-pin connector.

This is kinda fun. #embedded shenanigans. Maybe I should place an order for these.
A 3D render of a lightning detector PCB powered by a TA7642 AM receiver IC.
January 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
sachy.dev
I found the library, though as long as I get the right footprint, then I am happy. Already making some progress with KiCAD now, so I will likely post an updated pic eventually
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM
kanahas.bsky.social
Nice. Did you end up creating it yourself or finding a library online? I almost never have to make them myself anymore with how many are available on GitHub and other sources. Still a good thing to know, but definitely much easier to make them when you’re more confident in KiCAD
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
aki.lethalbit.net
Do I try to track down this KiCad GAL issue, or just say fuck it, bweh,
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 AM
aki.lethalbit.net
Some change in the KiCad GAL in nightly causes HW acceleration on my box to fail due to not being able to set up a GLX context, even through KiCad 9 can.

Ugh, i'm exhausted,
January 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
kanahas.bsky.social
Nice circuit! What do you have trouble with in KiCAD? Maybe I can help or point you in the right direction? It’s a solid app.
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 AM
whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
CAD software that teleports your mouse cursor based on some unhinged rules the old-timers are used to is evil (_cough_ KiCAD)
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
sachy.dev
I can't quite figure out KiCAD (I need to practice more), but LibrePCB got me covered. A little lightning detector sensor, let's gooooo

#embedded
A 3d render of a PCB layout for a lightning detector circuit powered by a TA7642 AM receiver IC
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
memes-of-prod.bsky.social
Another step in my quest for a 31-TET keyboard. These are the first self-designed PCBs I've had manufactured. Still loads to do!

#electronics #music #pcbs #synthdiy #microtonal #xenharmonic #keyboard #synthesis #kicad
A red PCB with text on the face explaining that this is an 11-key demo version of a 31-TET keyboard. Only a few unsoldered components like a jack and Cherry MX Red switch can be seen on the board. Two PCBs next to each other. The one on the left has writing on it, the one on the right is titled the "Tactile Switch Velocity Array (Experimental)" and is populated with 11 tactile switches.
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
lea-linux.org
Pour info, en ce moment, KiCad, la solution libre pour faire mumuse en électronique, recherche 128.000€ pour supporter son développement (dev/infra/etc). A vot' bon coeur (le partage équivaut à de l'amour infini en barres de chocolats suisses)
www.kicad.org (en haut)
give me the money.
January 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
rincanal.bsky.social
洗濯して kicad 触ってたら 1 日が終わっていた
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
sachy.dev
Aight, time to learn some KiCAD, so I can make more lightning sensors, because that's what this world needs more of.
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
rincanal.bsky.social
kicad とちょっと仲良くなれたので、今までアホほど時間掛かってた作業が 1 日で終わるようになった
January 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM
bsky.mekabu.io
元々JLCPCBのフットプリントライブラリ(EasyEDAのやつ)をKICAD用に変換したのでJLCPCB側のミスな気もする… まあ不注意ではあるので…
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
bonsergeoffrey.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Any thoughts from the Mastodon-verse on a good electronics schematic editor to start with? I found https://librepcb.org for example that works for MacOS/Windows/Linux. KiCad is another. https://www.kicad.org
Create electronics the easy way | LibrePCB
A free, easy-to-use, multiplatform EDA software to draw schematics and design PCBs
librepcb.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
flaky.blue
Only advice I'd give is to check how Wayland fares with your software. Some stuff has updated to support it, some have not, and the latter is where you'll hit a lot of pain points, whether it's proprietary like VMware or FOSS like KiCad.
January 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
peterdalmaris.bsky.social
I spoke at KiCon Asia 2025 in Shenzhen about something I'm passionate about: eliminating "learning debt" in electronics education.
KiCad is the only PCB tool you can learn once and use for life—from student projects to commercial products. What do you think?
txplo.re/kicon_asia25
#KiCad #OpenSource
January 14, 2026 at 3:20 AM
attoparsec.clacks.link.ap.brid.gy
I have a design for a prototype Life cell PCB, which I'm almost ready to pull the trigger on. At 60 mm square, it's much larger than I want the finished cells to be, but this is still just proof of concept. The real one will probably be 3 boards stacked […]

[Original post on clacks.link]
A KiCAD rendering of a small, square PCB in classic green. There are 8 connectors around the edge, 2 on each side, each with 4 pins. Sockets on the top and left, and headers on the right and bottom, so multiple boards could be connected together to tile the plane. In the middle is a tactile switch surround by a ring of 3 red LEDs. There are also another 6 ICs and a bunch of passives, all surface mount.
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 AM
kicad.org
KiCad is has started our annual fund drive to support the release of v10 and development of v11! Want to know what your support helped build in 2025? Read all about it at www.kicad.org/blog/2026/01...
With your help, v11 will be amazing. Help donate here: donate.kicad.org
Hand drawn "K" with symbolic people behind it. A large hand is placed a coin with a heart on it on top of the "K". The image has watercolor shading and says "2026 SUPPORT"
January 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
thatkicadguy.bsky.social
The idea was to ask you what your first KiCad version was.

Whether 6 or 7.

When I prepared this post, I visited archive.org and looked for kicad.org.

I got two screenshots, from 6.0.6 and 6.0.7.

So, the question had been killed even before I tried to.
January 12, 2026 at 6:06 AM