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Would You Be Interested in Roadtesting KiCad EDA?

rscasny
rscasny over 2 years ago

KiCad has a following on the element14 Community, so we figured it would be a good thing to roadtest. It's a little different than what we usually roadtest, so we have a few questions. KiCad is free, so we were wondering what the potential roadtesters would like to see in the roadtest kit. There was a suggestion for the roadtesters to design a Raspberry Pi HAT. But we could also use a Pi/Ardunio library or even someone's own design. 

I have some polls below. I'd appreciate you voting. Thanks.


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  • robogary
    robogary over 2 years ago +5
    Maybe a bit off the wall, but wouldnt a nice part of a road test include actually get a 5 pack of their fabs made for participants ?
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to misaz +5
    I suspect Design Challenges are intensive work, whereas Project14 is a lot lighter touch to support. It's a lot of effort to ship low-cost boards, so it might be better for any applicant to just swallow…
  • charlieo21
    charlieo21 over 2 years ago +4
    This sounds interesting but I'm not sure that the roadtest format is the best for this, maybe a design challenge could be more appropriate.
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  • ggabe
    ggabe over 2 years ago

    A parts shopping cart and PCB fab coupon would be the most motivating. Digi-Key can potentially provide both.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to ggabe
    ggabe said:
    Digi-Key can potentially provide both.

    I'm confused why you're mentioning Digi-Key ?

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    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to ggabe
    ggabe said:
    Digi-Key can potentially provide both.

    I'm confused why you're mentioning Digi-Key ?

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  • charlieo21
    charlieo21 over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton

    Digi-Key has a PCB order feature, but they use 3rd party manufactures.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to charlieo21

    I'm interested in ggbabe's reasons, which may be the same as what you're saying. Slight smile

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    ggabe over 2 years ago in reply to cstanton

    Just how Charlieo21 said - had both offerings. Seems we all have our favorites - when I need parts I go to DigiKey first.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 2 years ago in reply to ggabe

    To be clear, we will not be using DigiKey. The element14 Community is owned by Premier Farnell, Premier Farnell owns Newark, element14 and Farnell, and Premier Farnell is owned by Avnet.

    As you're on the element14 Community that's why it's confusing why you'd mention DigiKey, it is less likely you would be chosen as a RoadTester on the element14 Community if you were also advertising a competitor to the company and we would not provide or award any prizes from competitors.

    Offering the option to have PCBs fabricated makes sense.

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