@jrychter I've never heard of EDN, thx for the pointer!

I'll be speaking at @crowdsupply
#Teardown2025 in just over a week!

I'll walk through how to automatically generate a #KiCad database library based on part data stored in Aligni #PLM software.

Slide deck PDF in the link below if you want to take a sneak peek:

https://cgnd.dev/posts/teardown-2025-talk-are-we-plm-yet/

@jrychter ok, I'll bite 😉 what's your favorite config file format and why?

@simon got it. thanks for making this tool, it’s exactly what I needed!

@simon I just found sqlite-diffable and was curious if there is a benefit to using this tool vs. just doing a .dump > textfile for storing the results in a git repo. (I'm assuming there are good reasons you made this tool, but as someone totally new to sqlite, it's not obvious to me what the differences are)

What naming convention do you use for symbols and footprints (land-patterns) in your #KiCad libraries?

@stoneymonster @rhempel that place is magical! Flow trail up in demo forest is one of my all-time favorite rides

New #ZephyrRTOS article about the recently merged XIAO RA4M1 support added by @petejohanson

https://www.hackster.io/news/seeed-studio-xiao-ra4m1-board-now-supported-in-zephyr-rtos-566c8912a9ff

If you've wanted to try #ZephyrRTOS but weren't sure where to start, I wrote up a quick start tutorial that can help you get started on the $5 #raspberrypi Pico 2 board--no other hardware or debuggers required!

https://www.hackster.io/cdwilson/zephyr-rtos-on-raspberry-pi-pico-2-part-1-cf39f0

@stoneymonster this is the way (see what I did there?)

Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate #ZephyrRTOS build environments when working in West workspaces.

https://www.hackster.io/cdwilson/automatically-activate-zephyr-build-environments-with-direnv-65af9c

I chatted with the embedded team at Raspberry Pi about the #RP2350 on The Amp Hour. It's an amazing "dual dual-core" part that is finding its way into many products. We chatted #hardwaresecurity and #lowpower, as those were key enhancements over the #RP2040.

https://theamphour.com/687-the-rp2350-with-the-raspberry-pi-team/

Short follow-up to yesterday's post showing how to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Parallels on a Mac with Apple Silicon (ARM64)

https://cgnd.dev/posts/intel-quartus-prime-lite-edition-via-parallels-mac-apple-silicon-arm64/

#fpga

I think this is the best usage of WebAssembly I've seen so far:

https://doom-captcha.vercel.app/

#doom #wasm #webassembly

I recently got a Terasic DE0-CV #fpga dev board super cheap on eBay, but how to run the Quartus tools on my Mac... 🤔

Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟

https://cgnd.dev/posts/intel-quartus-prime-lite-edition-via-remote-desktop/

Anyone have an old #SparkFun RED-V board collecting dust in a drawer?

I'd be happy to pay you for it (including shipping). Feel free to DM me.

KiCad is proud to announce the release of 8.0.7

We have lots of bug fixes and speed improvements in this release, so upgrading is highly recommended!

https://www.kicad.org/blog/2024/12/KiCad-8.0.7-Release/

@chris_gammell is there anything that you really want to accomplish that getting better at video editing is a dependency of/blocker for? I tend to naturally get better at things I don't care for (e.g. accounting) if they are necessary to achieve a larger goal that I REALLY care about (e.g. starting a LLC). I also find that those goals I care a lot about are things where I have a lot of agency (starting my own LLC), rather than something handed down/forced upon me (e.g. a work project).

I just had Kalbijjim for the first time and well... white people, we've been doing pot roast wrong.

I'm delighted to announce the first official stable release of ZMK Studio!

ZMK Studio provides runtime keymap functionality for ZMK powered devices, allowing you to make changes without the need to flash new firmware. It is a combination of major firmware enhancements paired with a new frontend application for interacting with your keyboard.