EDN

Open-source PCB design tools get major update

KiCad 6.0 open-source EDA software for schematic capture and PCB layout adds hundreds of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. A refreshed user interface makes the visual design language, hotkeys ...
Geeky Gadgets

Pixel Pump open source PCB pick-and-place machine

If you spend your time creating prototype PCB boards all small production runs you may be interested in a new open source manual PCB pick-and-place machine specifically created for “PCB artisans” say ...
EDN

Mistral’s ARM Cortex-A8-based open-source development board offers low-cost alternative to TI’s AM35x EVM

The CraneBoard from Mistral Solutions is a new low-cost ARM-based development board that offers designers a fully open-source printed circuit board (PCB) and design to reduce development costs.
Hackaday

Open-source Circuit Simulation

For simple circuits, it’s easy enough to grab a breadboard and start putting it together. Breadboards make it easy to check your circuit for mistakes before soldering together a finished product. But ...
Electronic Design

Circuits of Chaos: Building Lorenz, Chua, and Rossler Strange Attractors

Chaotic circuits can arise from either computed (using Analog Computers or Digital Computers) solutions to coupled differential equations or from unstable systems/circuits. A new open-source circuit ...