I’m on the hunt for your coolest open-source projects designed with KiCad (because let’s be honest, you folks are basically circuit board artists). As a curious tinkerer from China who loves exploring everything electronic, I’m building a community to share awesome projects with fellow enthusiasts.
Best part? I’ll sweeten the deal—if your project catches my eye, I might just send you free PCBs as a thank-you! (Consider it a bribe… for knowledge-sharing purposes.)
So, what amazing creations have you brought to life with KiCad? Spill the beans！
Honestly, I’m still a beginner—so I haven’t designed my own project yet. (I originally studied French! But life took a turn, and now here I am, learning electronics for work.) That said, I’d love to share some of the coolest projects I’ve stumbled across in the industry! Please click this： RP2040 + Cyclone 10 FPGA PCB Design Project
My coolest project was the oscilloscope I have done when being a student. I have done it as I really needed an oscilloscope, and this was the only way to have it. Then when later we setup (with my brother) our small company for about 5 years my oscilloscope (1 channel, 5MHz) was our best measurement equipment we had.
Why we just couldn’t buy a new one - when we started both me and my brother were earning about $13 per month (me working as academic teacher). I don’t count by official exchange rate you couldn’t use, but by practical exchange rate you could change your money.
The article I wrote (written in 1982, published in 1984) in the electronic magazine about my oscilloscope is available online, but it has nothing to do with KiCad.
Nope, I think you misunderstand . . . I get all my prototypes from JLC PCB and they give me excellent service, 7 days from uploading data to delivery, China ->> UK