> Maybe we should submit the kicad board file for acceptance as the standard. ;)
It’s actually not a bad idea. My board house takes Gerbers or Kicad, and nothing else. Plus, it’s open source, which standards bodies like. (But even commercial stuff can become a standard — I was part of the team that submitted PDF to ISO.) Cheers, Jeff. > On 20 Feb 2018, at 23:49, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Standards always seem like a good idea on the surface but they don't seem to > work as well in practice. On thing that is certain, gerber is still the > defacto standard for having boards manufactured. Lover or hate em, they are > not going anywhere any time soon. Of the few board houses that I use, none > of the them take IPC-2581 so I'm not sure spending valuable developer > resources on something that might not even come to fruition even makes sense. > I would rather the limited resources we have stay focused on the features in > the next version road map. What is interesting, I know of more board houses > that directly take kicad board files than IPC-2581 to produce boards. Maybe > we should submit the kicad board file for acceptance as the standard. ;) > > As for someone attending the meetings, I don't think anyone in their right > mind would want me to sit in on those meetings. I know several engineers who > have sat on other standards boards and I know I would not be a good fit. > Politics is not my forte. Maybe someone else with a bit more political skill > than I have can represent KiCad. > > On 02/20/2018 12:37 PM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: >> Looks like they have corporate and individual memberships. Individual is >> free and probably has no vote. Corp probably costs $$ but gives you a ballot. >> It would be nice if Kicad had an official rep that could attend meetings, >> propose rules and vote. At least that way we would know where we differed >> from >> the standard and could move to support it. >> John Eaton >> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Kevin Cozens <ke...@ve3syb.ca >> <mailto:ke...@ve3syb.ca>> wrote: >> On 2018-02-20 11:19 AM, Ouabache Designworks wrote: >> Does Kicad have anyone working with these folks? >> [snip] >> http://www.ipc2581.com/articles-and-blogs/ >> <http://www.ipc2581.com/articles-and-blogs/> >> I took a look at the website. It sounds interesting but they don't >> have a lot of information available on the site. Part of what I see >> is what I consider one of those typical industry things where you >> need to join the organization in order to gain access to the >> information. I suspect that to get a copy of the actual standard you >> will have to give them some money at some point. >> -- Cheers! >> Kevin. >> http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that >> distract >> Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's >> why we're >> | powerful!" >> #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> <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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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