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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Someone please add these boards to the made with kicad when you get a
chance.

Thanks,

Wayne

On 11/3/2015 2:35 PM, easyw wrote:
> 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