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[easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Olimex did already some small boards / interfaces in kicad (probably to 
test the new version)

https://github.com/OLIMEX/BB-CH340T/raw/master/bb-ch340t.kicad_pcb
https://github.com/OLIMEX/MOD-MPU9150/raw/master/HARDWARE/MOD-MPU9150-Rev.A/mod-mpu9150.kicad_pcb
https://github.com/OLIMEX/BB-ADS1220/raw/master/HARDWARE/bb-ads1220.kicad_pcb

may be it would be nice to put them on make with kicad section

they also had a KiCAD workshop on HackConf 2015, 19-20 of September in 
NDK, Sofia

I made a fork of the MOD-MPU9150 board
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kicadstepup/files/prjs/MOD-MPU9150-master.zip/download
https://kicad-info.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/1X/e5e274faa8f4d09a091d6d7fc5edaf2fc77ff5ab.png
for a self contained 3D MCAD conversion with STEP models and assemblies
please have a look
Maurice


On 03/11/2015 17.36, Javier Serrano wrote:
> While we're at this, Olimex is working on a nice board using KiCad:
>
> https://olimex.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/we-work-on-a64-olinuxino-the-first-open-source-hardware-64-bit-development-board/
> https://olimex.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/a64-olinuxino-update/
>
> Which allows me to repeat my mantra :) The opposite of "commercial" is
> "non-commercial". The opposite of "open source" is "proprietary".
> Various references to "commercial" in this thread should be replaced
> with "proprietary". The Olimex boards are commercial *and* open
> source, which is a great combination. Sorry for being a bit tiring
> with this, but I think it's important.
>
> Mário mentioned how good it would be if major institutions embraced
> KiCad because they could be seen as trend setters. I think among the
> important trend setters there are these companies which design open
> hardware boards and sell them to the general public. Olimex is paving
> the way with their migration from Eagle to KiCad. Hopefully the
> Arduinos, Adrafruits and Sparkfuns of the world will one day choose to
> use KiCad too.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Javier