A few days ago, KiCad 8 was released, and it’s a straight upgrade to any PCB designer’s quality of life. There’s a blog post as usual, and, this year, there’s also a FOSDEM talk from [Wayne Stambaugh] ...

Frank Scully, the general manager over at Beechhurst.com dropped me a nice note about a tutorial he just worked up. Frank said: “We are a small shop and have struggled with PCB software. We finally ...

Basic Pneumatic Schematics and Circuit Design provides an overview of different common pneumatic schematic symbols, including air treatment symbols; pressure, flow, and direction valve symbols; and ...

A lot of great schematics wind up on the back of bar napkins or diner place mats. When inspiration strikes, you have to capture it, after all. Today, you are as likely to draw schematics on a computer ...

RS Components has extended its agreement with SamacSys and will now offer direct access from its new PCB Part Library service to the latter’s schematic symbols and footprints for all PCB components.

I’ve been an EagleCAD user for 20 years now—more than half the product’s 36-year lifespan. I’ve used EagleCAD as a hobbyist, a maker, a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) blogger, and a small robot ...

Digi-Key Electronics has put a new library of nearly 1,000 common parts for use by the open source, KiCad schematic capture and printed circuit board tool on beta release on its website. The ...

A circuit is a closed loop containing various components. Electrical current flows around the circuit. Scientists use symbols to represent the different components in a circuit. Symbols are simplified ...

The scientists are going to show us how electrical energy flows around an electrical circuit. Title: Circuit symbols This is what a battery looks like as a circuit symbol. Electricity can travel ...