fisl2012/: editing (more to come)

fisl2012/talk.tex

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\documentclass[14pt,trans]{beamer}
+\documentclass[12pt,trans]{beamer}
 \usepackage{color}
 \usepackage{url}
 \usepackage{colortbl}
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 \setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
 \setbeamertemplate{items}[ball] 
 %\setbeamersize{sidebar width left=-5mm}
-\title{\Large Making Hardware with KiCad and Friends}
+\title{\Large Making Hardware \\ with KiCad and Friends}
 \author{Werner Almesberger \\\url{werner@almesberger.net}}
 \date{July 21, 2012}
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   \item $\dots$ and tools
 \end{itemize}
 
-\url{downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/fisl13.pdf}
+{\small \url{downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/fisl13.pdf}}
 \end{frame}
 
 % --- KiCad Introduction ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 \begin{frame}{KiCad}
 \begin{itemize}
   \item Complete EDA solution
-  \item Free Software: GPL, LGPL
   \item Text files $\rightarrow$ extensible
+  \item Free Software: GPL, LGPL
   \item C++, wxWidgets
   \item Multi-platform: Linux, Windows, Mac
 \end{itemize}
@@ -60,26 +60,10 @@ cvpcb + pcbnew + module editor -> gerbers (gerbv)
 SCREENSHOTS
 \end{frame}
 
-% --- Fped --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-\begin{frame}{Footprint Editor (fped)}
-%\begin{center}
-%  \includegraphics[height=6cm]{fped.png}
-%\end{center}
-SCREENSHOT (highlight vector)
-
-\begin{itemize}
-  \item Fully parametric
-  \item Automated repetition (loops, tables, sub-frames)
-  \item GUI or text-based
-  \item Automatic measurements
-  \item Output: KiCad, Postscript, Gnuplot
-\end{itemize}
-\end{frame}
-
 % --- Qi-Hardware -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 \begin{frame}{Qi-Hardware}
+Structure and goals:
 \begin{itemize}
   \item Collection of loosely connected projects
   \item Loose collective of like-minded developers
@@ -101,7 +85,7 @@ Products:
 \begin{frame}{Collaborative Design}
 \begin{itemize}
   \item Track other people's work
-  \item Review other people's work (libraries)
+  \item Review other people's work (projects and libraries)
   \item Shared design information
   \item Shared version control (git)
   \item Shared procedures and rules
@@ -119,6 +103,7 @@ Products:
       \item Component catalog
       \item Module catalog
     \end{itemize}
+  \item No scripting (yet)
   \item Scattered libraries CHECK
 \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
@@ -127,7 +112,7 @@ Products:
 
 \begin{frame}{Qi-Hardware Adaptation}
 \begin{itemize}
-  \item Command-line oriented use
+  \item Command-line-oriented use
   \item Extend KiCad with patches
   \item External scripts/programs
   \item Own component and module libraries with common rules
@@ -156,17 +141,17 @@ Qi-Hardware:
 % --- What doesn't ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 \begin{frame}{What doesn't}
-KiCad:
 \begin{itemize}
   \item Netlist: {\tt {\em project}.net} \\
     Generate with  eeschema from {\tt *.sch} and {\tt {\em project}.cmp}
   \item Caches and backups: {\tt {\em project}.bak}, {\tt {\em project}.000},
     {\tt {\em project}-cache.lib}
-  \item Postscript: {\tt {\em project}-{\em layer}.g{\em XX}}
+  \item Postscript: {\tt {\em project}-{\em layer}.ps}
-  \item Gerbers: {\tt {\em project}-{\em layer}.g{\em XX}}
+  \item Gerbers: {\tt {\em project}-{\em layer}.g{\em ??}}
   \item BOMs: {\tt {\em project}.lst}, {\tt {\em project}.cvs}
   \item Fab outputs: {\tt {\em project}.drl}, {\tt {\em project}.pos}
-  \item And so on: {\tt {\em project}.erc}, {\tt {\em project}.rpt},
+  \item And so on: {\tt {\em project}.cad}, {\tt {\em project}.erc},
+    {\tt {\em project}.dsn}, {\tt {\em project}.rpt},
     {\tt {\em project}.wrl}, $\ldots$
 \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
@@ -174,7 +159,12 @@ KiCad:
 % --- Project File ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 \begin{frame}{Project File}
-Project settings. Lists of libraries.
+
+Contains:
+\begin{itemize}
+  \item Project settings
+  \item Lists of libraries
+\end{itemize}
 
 Issues:
 \begin{itemize}
@@ -186,7 +176,7 @@ Issues:
 Solution:
 \begin{itemize}
   \item Maintain manually
-  \item {\tt purge} script \\
+  \item {\tt purge} script: \\
     \url{wernermisc/bin/purge}
 \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
@@ -194,21 +184,23 @@ Solution:
 % --- Makefile ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 \begin{frame}[fragile]{Makefile}
-Issues:
+Objectives:
 \begin{itemize}
   \item Shortcuts
-  \item Glue tools together
+  \item Combine tools
-  \item Avoid mistakes
   \item Share common procedures
+  \item Avoid mistakes
 \end{itemize}
 
-Example:
+{\small
 \begin{verbatim}
 front:
-	pcbnew --plot=ps --plot-fill-all-zones --layers=Front \
+    pcbnew --plot=ps --plot-fill-all-zones \
-	  --plot-mirror $(PROJECT).brd
+       --layers=Front --plot-mirror \
-	lpr $(PROJECT)-Front.ps
+       $(PROJECT).brd
+    lpr $(PROJECT)-Front.ps
 \end{verbatim}
+}
 \end{frame}
 
 % --- KiCad Command-Line Patches ----------------------------------------------
@@ -238,7 +230,7 @@ Original hack by Werner Almesberger, clean rewrite by Wolfgang Spraul.
 
 \begin{frame}[fragile]{Data Sheet Viewer (dsv)}
 \begin{itemize}
-  \item Bookshelf: name and aliases $rightarrow$ PDF or ZIP with PDF
+  \item Bookshelf: name and aliases $\rightarrow$ PDF or ZIP with PDF
   \item Download (wget) to local cache
   \item Hierarchical lookup by name or alias
   \item Example: \\
@@ -267,11 +259,11 @@ D: http://www.atmel.com/Images/doc8265.pdf
       \item Same data sheet revision
     \end{itemize}
   \item Copyright: can't just check in PDF
-  \item Industrial pragmatism: mail or ``internal'' repository
+  \item Industrial pragmatism: private mail or ``internal'' repository
   \item Qi-Hardware: send {\tt BOOKSHELF} around
 \end{itemize}
 
-\url{eda-tools/dsv}
+{\small \url{projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/eda-tools/source/tree/master/dsv}}
 \end{frame}
 
 % --- Schematics Symbol Catalog  ----------------------------------------------
@@ -285,20 +277,7 @@ D: http://www.atmel.com/Images/doc8265.pdf
   \item TODO: connect to dsv
 \end{itemize}
 
-DRAWING (hierarchy + descr + com libs ---genkicat--> PDF)
+DRAWING (hierarchy + descr + com libs ---genkicat--> PDF) <-> eeschema
-\end{frame}
-
-% --- Footprint Catalog  ------------------------------------------------------
-
-\begin{frame}{Footprint Catalog}
-\begin{itemize}
-  \item Likewise, for footprints
-  \item Added value: measurements, pad types
-\end{itemize}
-
-DRAWING (hierarchy + descr + com libs ---genkicat--> PDF)
-
-\url{eda-tools/genkicat}
 \end{frame}
 
 % --- Schematics History ------------------------------------------------------
@@ -311,7 +290,7 @@ DRAWING (hierarchy + descr + com libs ---genkicat--> PDF)
 
 EXAMPLE
 
-\url{http://projects.qi-hardware.com/schhist/}
+{\small \url{projects.qi-hardware.com/schhist/}}
 \end{frame}
 
 % --- Schematics History (cont'd) ---------------------------------------------
@@ -337,6 +316,36 @@ Issues:
 \url{eda-tools/schhist}
 \end{frame}
 
+% --- Footprint Catalog  ------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{frame}{Footprint Catalog}
+\begin{itemize}
+  \item Like schematics symbol catalog, but for footprints
+  \item Added value: measurements, pad types
+\end{itemize}
+
+DRAWING (hierarchy + descr + com libs ---genkicat--> PDF) <-> fped
+
+\url{eda-tools/genkicat}
+\end{frame}
+
+% --- Fped --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\begin{frame}{Footprint Editor (fped)}
+%\begin{center}
+%  \includegraphics[height=6cm]{fped.png}
+%\end{center}
+SCREENSHOT (highlight vector)
+
+\begin{itemize}
+  \item Fully parametric
+  \item Automated repetition (loops, tables, sub-frames)
+  \item GUI or text-based
+  \item Automatic measurements
+  \item Output: KiCad, Postscript, Gnuplot
+\end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
 % --- Layout History ----------------------------------------------------------
 
 \begin{frame}{Layout History}
@@ -353,8 +362,9 @@ Issues:
 \begin{frame}{Gerber Renderer}
 \begin{itemize}
   \item ``Photorealistic'' view of PCB
-  \item Combines Gerber and Excellon
+  \item Combines Gerber (traces, drawings) and Excellon (holes)
-  \item Easy see issues with solder paste, silk screen, solder mask, $\ldots$
+  \item Easy to see issues with solder paste, silk screen,
+    solder mask, $\ldots$
   \item Uses gerbv for rendering
 \end{itemize}
 
@@ -413,7 +423,7 @@ To do:
   \item Reviews !
 \end{itemize}
 
-\url{kicad-libs/components}, \url{kicad-libs/modueles}
+\url{kicad-libs/components}, \url{kicad-libs/modules}
 \end{frame}
 
 % --- Qi-Hardware Workflow ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -425,6 +435,7 @@ DIAGRAM
 % --- Conclusion --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 \begin{frame}{Conclusion}
+Experience this far:
 \begin{itemize}
   \item KiCad is a good basis for collaborative projects
   \item Open design allows extension with scripts
@@ -440,4 +451,5 @@ To do:
 \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
 
+{\small \url{downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/fisl13.pdf}}
 \end{document}