Title: Getting started with KiCAD example files
Post by: erict on October 06, 2012, 04:19:51 pm
Post by: erict on October 06, 2012, 04:19:51 pm
This year at the Seattle and Portland Mini Maker Faires I did a presentation on getting started with designing your own PCB using KiCAD. In this presentation as an example I created a pumpkin shaped PCB with a candle like flickering LED.
It's a simple schematic with just a switch, resistor, battery holder and 10mm LED. But makes for a nice easy project to get started with trying out KiCAD. I've released the files under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license., you can find the files here:
http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2012/09/25/pu ... ad-format/ (http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2012/09/25/pumpkin-pcb-files-in-kicad-format/)
(http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/8024819854/)
KiCAD - pumpkin PCB layout (http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/8024819854/) by Low Voltage Labs (http://http://www.flickr.com/people/lowvoltagelabs/), on Flickr
It's a simple schematic with just a switch, resistor, battery holder and 10mm LED. But makes for a nice easy project to get started with trying out KiCAD. I've released the files under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license., you can find the files here:
http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2012/09/25/pu ... ad-format/ (http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2012/09/25/pumpkin-pcb-files-in-kicad-format/)
(http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/8024819854/)KiCAD - pumpkin PCB layout (http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/8024819854/) by Low Voltage Labs (http://http://www.flickr.com/people/lowvoltagelabs/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Getting started with KiCAD example files
Post by: dolabra on October 06, 2012, 10:09:16 pm
Post by: dolabra on October 06, 2012, 10:09:16 pm
cool, so the LED flickers?
Title: Re: Getting started with KiCAD example files
Post by: erict on October 07, 2012, 04:39:21 am
Post by: erict on October 07, 2012, 04:39:21 am
Yeah, they flicker on there own just add power. I got them from EMS, here is the yellow one:
http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/partsmenu/408 (http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/partsmenu/408)
They also offer the flickering LED in white, I bought both but the yellow one seems more like a candle to me.
Here is a video I took of the LED in a metal pumpkin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVWaSEfWpp8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVWaSEfWpp8)
http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/partsmenu/408 (http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/partsmenu/408)
They also offer the flickering LED in white, I bought both but the yellow one seems more like a candle to me.
Here is a video I took of the LED in a metal pumpkin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVWaSEfWpp8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVWaSEfWpp8)