CPOSC 2019: Open Circuit: PCBs and Free Software

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This repository contains the information and details related to the CPOSC 2019 talk:

Open Circuit: Printed Circuit Boards and Free Software

This talk will provide a crash-course in open-source printed circuit design, giving an overview of the entire process, from ideas in your brain to production. The talk will cover topics such as Electronic Design Automation with KiCAD, to circuit optimization, to generating gerber files for factory production.

Learning Objectives

Audience will learn how to design and produce printed circuit boards for use in various projects. For example, this will help the intermediate-level Arduino project developer produce circuit boards based on their breadboard designs.

The ideal audience member is someone who is familiar with circuit design, even at a basic level.

Session Outline

• Introduction: Why Make Circuit Boards?
• Designing a Schematic
• Creating a PCB Layout
• Generating Files for Factory Production
• Discussion of Factory Production

Expectations for Attendees

Attendees will gain knowledge necessary to create their own Printed Circuit Boards, knowing that it's not as difficult or scary as it may seem.

Files in this Repository:

• presentation/cposc2019.tex: LaTeX Beamer presentation files
• rbp140-kicad/: Directory containing referenced KiCAD project files.

Making the presentation

Assuming you have pdflatex installed, or TeXLive 2019- simply run the following command:

cd presentation
pdflatex cposc2019.tex

The PDF document will be generated and viewable for you.

Loading the KiCAD project

Assuming you have KiCAD installed, simply navigate to File -> Open Existing Project... and select the project directory.