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\documentclass[14pt,trans]{beamer}
\documentclass[12pt,trans]{beamer}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage{colortbl}
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\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}
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\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 ------------------------------------------------------
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\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}
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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
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\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
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\item Component catalog
\item Module catalog
\end{itemize}
\item No scripting (yet)
\item Scattered libraries CHECK
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
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\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
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% --- 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 Gerbers: {\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 ??}}
\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}
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% --- 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}
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Solution:
\begin{itemize}
\item Maintain manually
\item {\tt purge} script \\
\item {\tt purge} script: \\
\url{wernermisc/bin/purge}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
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% --- Makefile ----------------------------------------------------------------
\begin{frame}[fragile]{Makefile}
Issues:
Objectives:
\begin{itemize}
\item Shortcuts
\item Glue tools together
\item Avoid mistakes
\item Combine tools
\item Share common procedures
\item Avoid mistakes
\end{itemize}
Example:
{\small
\begin{verbatim}
front:
pcbnew --plot=ps --plot-fill-all-zones --layers=Front \
--plot-mirror $(PROJECT).brd
pcbnew --plot=ps --plot-fill-all-zones \
--layers=Front --plot-mirror \
$(PROJECT).brd
lpr $(PROJECT)-Front.ps
\end{verbatim}
}
\end{frame}
% --- KiCad Command-Line Patches ----------------------------------------------
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\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: \\
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\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 ----------------------------------------------
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\item TODO: connect to dsv
\end{itemize}
DRAWING (hierarchy + descr + com libs ---genkicat--> PDF)
\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}
DRAWING (hierarchy + descr + com libs ---genkicat--> PDF) <-> eeschema
\end{frame}
% --- Schematics History ------------------------------------------------------
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EXAMPLE
\url{http://projects.qi-hardware.com/schhist/}
{\small \url{projects.qi-hardware.com/schhist/}}
\end{frame}
% --- Schematics History (cont'd) ---------------------------------------------
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\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}
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\begin{frame}{Gerber Renderer}
\begin{itemize}
\item ``Photorealistic'' view of PCB
\item Combines Gerber and Excellon
\item Easy see issues with solder paste, silk screen, solder mask, $\ldots$
\item Combines Gerber (traces, drawings) and Excellon (holes)
\item Easy to see issues with solder paste, silk screen,
solder mask, $\ldots$
\item Uses gerbv for rendering
\end{itemize}
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\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 ----------------------------------------------------
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% --- 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
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\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
{\small \url{downloads.qi-hardware.com/people/werner/fisl13.pdf}}
\end{document}