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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I wanted to let everyone know that once again the KiCad status talk at
FOSDEM was packed and well received.  When you get a chance, check out
the video[1].  It's a bit rushed because I was trying to leave more time
at the end for Q&A but that didn't work as well as hoped.  Like last
year, it seemed like everyone wanted talk to me about KiCad.  I got hear
about the good and the bad of KiCad along with a lot of appreciation for
what KiCad provides.  There is definitely a lot of interest in the open
hardware space and KiCad plays a major role in that.

The guys at Olimex[2] debuted their new TERES-1 DIY laptop[3] which was
designed with KiCad.  Their booth was packed both days so the interest
is high.  It's also an open hardware project so you can check out the
design files[4] if you are interested.  I saw a unpopulated main board
and it was impressive.  They also were sporting some very cool shirts
containing the "designed with KiCad" where "KiCad" was our logo.  I
offered to buy one but Tsvetan (I believe he is the owner of Olimex)
would here nothing of it and gave me one.  He should sell them.  They
are nice shirts.  It's really cool to see what users are doing with KiCad.

Fabrizio and Mario were in attendance this year so I got to meet two
more of the KiCad developers which is always nice.  Maybe I'm just an
old curmudgeon but I prefer the face to face interaction to email.  The
usual suspects were there as well so it was good to catch up with everyone.

A big shout out goes to Javier and CERN for organizing the EDA dev room
and to Orson for manning the camera.  Tom's spice simulator talk and
Orson's tool framework talk were also well received.  Check them out
when you get a chance.

Hopefully they will keep inviting me back to speak and I can meet some
more of you at next years FOSDEM.

Cheers,

Wayne

[1]: http://video.fosdem.org/2017/AW1.120/
[2]: https://www.olimex.com/
[3]: https://www.olimex.com/Products/DIY%20Laptop/
[4]:
https://github.com/OLIMEX/DIY-LAPTOP/tree/master/HARDWARE/A64-TERES/TERES-PCB1-A64-MAIN