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I'm just waiting on confirmation from the host that the site has been moved from backup to the new server. It's taking a while.

Yesssssssss


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Crossing my fingers that the proto rig boards will be back.


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Welcome back!



Not sure about the Darkside pcb


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So it's not just me, Kicad footprint libraries are arranged horribly.

as much as I appreciate and applaud open source endeavors, they have ...quirks.

For me, a bigger part of it all is process. Actually it's all about process .

I tried having a conversation about this with an acquaintance, but they kept thinking I was attacking the KiCad software as a whole. I tried to convey that the biggest problem for me was getting engrained in a process and then having to break that process, the frustrations that follow.

example: I've been using the Adobe suite before it was a suite, over two decades ago. I cannot work with Inkscape or GIMP without suppressing the urge to pull my hair out. It's part of my process: for everything from RAW image editing for commercial work to making stupid memes. I learned my trade on it.

I bet a Corel Draw user would have a similar feeling having to move to illustrator. Doesn't matter if it's open source or not, moving your process is a pain. in some ways it's like having your proficiency reduced to novice.

there might be a day when I'm forced to move away from Eagle, whether that's its discontinuation or being forced to move to windows 11... meh, I might just move it all offline at that point.

but yeah, changing a process is a pita

I totally get it. You get so used to a certain way of doing things, that they seem like they should be the standard.

But Kicad has some things that don't make sense, and I'm not even coming from a different software.


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I'm still on Eagle...

I've attempted to move to KiCad several times and I think I need a good set of YouTube tutorials to get it straight.

I think since we mostly are dealing with through-hole it's not as widely catered to. But I could be way off. I think even though I've borrowed some footprint libraries from some other members, the rest a eagle connects everything at the symbol/schematic stage of design is what I'm used to. Also that everything is in a singular library, not segmented into symbol and footprint

Maybe I need to look a bit harder

Haven't tried diptrace. Haven't finished my dive into Flux.

Call me old fashioned, but I don't want cloud only. The cloud is just someone else's computer you have no control over. Whatever my Eagle replacement ends up being, I want it all local.

So it's not just me, Kicad footprint libraries are arranged horribly.


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Yeah, that one has been offered in years. I'm definitely game for doing another dual PT2399 type project. I'd probably do a few things differently now, but I still like the option of having different repeat modes, etc.

I actually still have the PCB from when you first offered them.  They just kind of ran their course? Nothing problematic with the circuit?

I may take a crack at it


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I've been gone for a while, and at the time I dispersed the Zero Point SDX was relatively new .

So my question is: is it discontinued? And will it be back ?


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I call this one Abbreviated Prophet. Jerry fans will get it.

Made the mistake of heating the final clear coat (I need more patience) after the waterslide decal was on it, and it shrunk & slightly deformed around the edges. But since it's only for me, I can live with it.

As usual for a Bean Build, it sounds great.

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Welcome to the addiction

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Welcome back and congrats on the girl and the sobriety!

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What a coincidence. When I was in this forum and building way back when, you were still on here.
I just recently got back into building and was wondering about you.

Welcome back, man.

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Hey everyone. It's been a long time since I've built, I'm sure I've forgotten a lot of the useful info I learned in these forums (been at least 10 years) so I'll be asking a lot of questions.

I bought some MB pcbs and etched some myself, along with vero builds. I managed a couple deep builds, like a clarinot, so I guess I was ok at building, but my electronics knowledge is lacking and that's where I'll lean on the good folks here : I don't just want to build again, I want to know how each circuit works.

Anyway, hi. Looking forward to building and learning again

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