09-19, 14:40–15:20 (Europe/Berlin), Main Hall
In this talk, I'll share my experiences in collaborations between visual artists and PCB layout engineers, and show some of the methods for tricking KiCad into producing beautiful things.
I've had the pleasure of doing PCB layouts for a number of hacker events, and working with artists and designers who do beautiful things. There's an impedance mismatch between EDA tools and visual art tools, and an even bigger mismatch between the way PCB layout engineers and artists approach things. Both of those can be mitigated with suitable matching networks. I'm here to share what we learned along the way so as to save others from frustration.
Kliment is a hardware person and does electronics for fun and profit. He's a member of the KiCad library team, teaches occasional workshops related to electronics, and is involved in the design and prototyping of various event badges.