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Re: Maker Faire SF KiCad Presentation

 

Adam,

When and where is your talk?

Lawrence


On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:18 AM Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Thanks!
>
> Adam Wolf
>
> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Adam,
>>
>> Thank you for representing KiCad at Maker Faire SF.  I wish I could join
>> you.  Maybe one of these years I'll be able to make it.
>>
>> Take a look at the version 5 road map[1] for ideas on what the goals are
>> for the next stable release.  Please keep in mind that this is the goal,
>> what actually will get implemented remains to be seen.  As for the
>> user-facing Eeschema changes, we hope to GALify (at least an initial
>> pass) and get the new file format implemented which will change the
>> library management code more along the lines of the Pcbnew.  Maybe we
>> will get few features like gate/pin swap implemented and don't forget
>> Tom's board update feature (no intermediate netlist file required).
>> Feel free to borrow any of my 2016 FOSDEM presentation if it helps.  It
>> should be available on the FOSDEM website.  If not, let me know and I
>> can send you a copy of it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> [1]:
>>
>> http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-doxygen/ws/Documentation/doxygen/html/v5_road_map.html
>>
>> On 5/9/2016 10:13 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>> > Hi folks!
>> >
>> > Once again, I'm doing a presentation on KiCad at Maker Faire SF.  It's
>> > in a few weeks, and I'm looking for ideas on what to include.
>> >
>> > The idea, in essence, is a yearly report on KiCad, focussing on what's
>> > recently happened, and what's in the near-term roadmap, but there are so
>> > many people who have absolutely no idea what KiCad is, that there's a
>> > few slides in the beginning that are basically the same every year.
>> >
>> > Previous things we've talked about are the improvements in pcbnew, the
>> > then-upcoming release, and the fact that we had nightly builds on lots
>> > of platforms.
>> >
>> > I'll still cover most of these things, but much abbreviated.
>> >
>> > I plan on talking a bit about the 3D work.  Do we have a good handle on
>> > the upcoming eeschema changes, especially user-facing things?
>> >
>> > Any other thoughts/suggestions?
>> >
>> > Adam Wolf
>> > Cofounder and Engineer
>> > W&L
>> >
>> >
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