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by TaylorAlexander 1098 days ago

I learned PCB design on Eagle, switched to Kicad about 5 years ago, and in the last three years have really been doing a LOT of PCB design with Kicad. I love it so much!

Here's a dense four layer brushless motor control board I designed recently, which can be viewed online in the amazing Kicanvas viewer:

https://kicanvas.org/?github=https://github.com/Twisted-Fiel...

6 comments

sircastor 1098 days ago

This is me too. My first projects were in Eagle, primarily because it was the de facto standard for EDA for hobbyists for a while. KiCAD used to be awful and very challenging.

In the last several years, it’s really improved and I enjoy using it. If you haven’t picked it up in a while, give it a shot.

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neltnerb 1098 days ago

wow, kicanvas looks great for sharing designs, is the idea that you use github for versioning your kicad folder (probably better than my current lazy dropbox option) and then you can just share the designs with people?

that is a cool website.

can you share designs privately with team members? it looks great for collaborating if it's got authentication.

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TaylorAlexander 1098 days ago

These are great questions! I wonder how it works if you have a file which is private on GitHub but you’re logged in to GitHub and you’re able to view the file in your browser. Maybe kicanvas is sufficiently local to your machine that this would work.

Either way I know it is under active development so you could file a GitHub issue and ask about that! Link to the GitHub for it on the main page here:

https://kicanvas.org/

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amelius 1098 days ago

Can users share the schematics also?

Perhaps I'm not looking in the right place, but I can't find the button for it.

Anyway, this looks great.

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tomn 1098 days ago

Seems like you need to change the URL to point at a schematic file:

https://kicanvas.org/?github=https://github.com/Twisted-Fiel...

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neltnerb 1097 days ago