09-08, 15:00–15:40 (Europe/Berlin), Main Stage
To many electronic engineers, making the smallest possible design that fulfills a given functionality, is a valuable pursuit. From a high-end appearance of a slim design to minimizing cost from saving real estate, there are many reasons to desire a space optimized design. KiCad has several features that assists in making small designs, but other mechanisms must be driven by the designer by non-conventional means. This talk will describe methods for making tiny designs both by intrinsic features of KiCad and how to tweak your design by other means.
This talk will go through various ways of miniaturizing PCBs. The talk will present methods that are ranging from quite common to advanced hacks and some that challenge good design practices when space is constrained. Examples in KiCad will be presented when possible.
