In my previous blog I covered the hardware and software and part II here for my Raspberry Pi® – Powerunit® project. Now its time for the PCB Design. KiCad Although KiCad (pronounced ‘Kai-Cad’, not ‘Key-Cad’ like the thing that goes in a lock) is the new hotness when it comes to PCB design. The amazing growth […]
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In my previous blog here, I have figured out the basic hardware & software setup for my Powerunit® project. Now Its time to fine tune the Software for my Powerunit® . Powerunit® Project – Software phase Now that the everything is working I want to fine tune the software a little bit more, and make
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One thing that was still missing for me on the Raspberry Pi®, was the inclusion of some kind of power switch or Powerunit ®. Considering how many common Raspberry Pi® projects could make use of this functionality. Still, we’ve lived with this problem with the old version for a long time, and there are plenty
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For an upcoming project I need to improve the electrical characteristics of the PCB by increasing the width of the Ground and Vcc tracks. Let’s start with the track width. You can control the width of each track manually. The method involves creating custom track’s widths and then applying one of those to a new
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For a new project, I was, once again playing around with Kicad, the new version has received a lot of changes, improvements and additions again. For my current project I need a Raspberry Pi Zero W template that is not included in Kicad as standard. So time to make it myself. Project templates Using a
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In my previous Blog I made a ESP XXXX XX Programmer PCB in the KiCAd programme. Manufacturing of these PCB is the next step. In the last few years many inexpensive PCB Manufacturing services have popped up. It used to be that buying PCBs in hobby quantities was expensive and filled with gotchas. Now, places
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If you’re like me and you’ve decided to take the plunge to learn KiCad – electronic design it can be real challenge. So when you want to start with KiCad remember everybody has to learn by taking steps before we can run. KiCAD KiCad is a tool that makes it possible to design high-quality
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