Nice one Wayne, it was nice to see you briefly and I hope you had a pleasant trip back. It did seem like KiCad could almost fill a devroom all by itself.
I just wanted to point out quickly that the videos are also available from the schedule [1] where you can easier get an overview of what each of the talks is about. I am really impressed with the recordings (thanks Orson!) and the video review system [2] this year. [1]: https://fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/electronic_design_automation_eda/ [2]: https://github.com/yoe/sreview On 8 February 2017 at 18:05, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
