artpcb
Artistic PCBs for Terrified Beginners workshop materials (by kliment)
svg2shenzhen
Convert Inkscape SVG drawings to KiCad PCB and footprint modules (by badgeek)
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| 1 | 9 | |
| 9 | 773 | |
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| 0.0 | 3.5 | |
| over 3 years ago | about 1 month ago | |
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| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
artpcb
Posts with mentions or reviews of artpcb.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-04.
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Text in a copper pour? Can it be done?
Yes it can be done but it takes some tinkering. Check this guy out: https://github.com/kliment/artpcb
svg2shenzhen
Posts with mentions or reviews of svg2shenzhen.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-24.
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OnBoard – A New Grants Program to Fund $100 in PCB Costs for Teenagers
Very cool initiative, i have developed inkscape extension for making creative pcb art, you might be interested in: https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen
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My first attempt at making faceplates
And for what it's worth it's never too late to learn KiCad! Free and open souce, plus svg2shenzen makes it really easy to build PCB graphics.
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Import picture as copper positive or negative
If you're working from a vector image, use Inkscape and the svg2shenzen plugin. Straight forward and works well.
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First Blank Panel Design
My first blank panel design- I used svg2shenzen to generate the kiCAD project files and referenced the Printable Instruments repo for layer arrangement, format etc.
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Is there anyone out there who uses the inscape plugin Svg2Shenzhen that would be willing to help? me out a little?
I'm trying to follow a tutorial on using the plugin svg2shenzhen https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen
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How do I make an exposed copper logo like this one?
I've been using this: https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen
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HELP: Svg2Shenzhen for PCB Art
More specifically, it seems like a known issue: https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen/issues/115
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Text in a copper pour? Can it be done?
For graphics i would suggest the use of https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen (A inkscape plugin that outputs kicad compatible files)
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Sexy backlit front panel - with a PCB?
It is certainly possible in kicad if you create your own footprints. There are various tutorials online for creating negative copper artwork in kicad. You might find SVG2shenzhen useful as well
What are some alternatives?
When comparing artpcb and svg2shenzhen you can also consider the following projects:
gerbolyze - Directly render SVG overlays into Gerber and Excellon files
Beagle_SDR_GPS - KiwiSDR: BeagleBone web-accessible shortwave receiver and software-defined GPS
Qucs-RFlayout - Export Qucs RF schematics to KiCad layouts & OpenEMS scripts
printable-instruments - PCB panels for Mutable Instruments eurorack modules
xfm2-pcbs - PCBs for the excellent FPGA synth projects XFM2 and XVA1.
rethinkscape - A new UX/UI proposal for inkscape