kandle
A CLI that automatically imports external components into a KiCad project. (by HarveyBates)
SOICbite
A compact PCB footprint which allows SOIC test clips to be used as a space-efficient programming and debugging connector (by SimonMerrett)
| kandle | SOICbite | |
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| 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | 267 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.1 | 0.0 | |
| 18 days ago | 6 months ago | |
| C++ | GLSL | |
| MIT License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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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.
kandle
Posts with mentions or reviews of kandle.
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and similar projects.
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CLI to handle 3rd-party componets
I made a CLI to handle 3rd-party components: https://github.com/HarveyBates/kicad-component-handler
- KiCad 3rd-party Component Manager (CLI)
SOICbite
Posts with mentions or reviews of SOICbite.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-30.
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I just recently built a project using a 128*64 oled, an esp-8266 12F, a neo 6m and a HMC5883L. i programmed it using Arduino. i am planning on making this a commercial product but i dont know how to order and program a custom made board that would house all of these components. Can anyone help?
The SOICbite is an interesting solution to how to program a bare ESP module without having USB on the board itself. It's a standard connector of a sort that you use with a modified SOIC clip to connect to the ESP using an external serial adapter. Otherwise as others have said, you can use pogo pins. There are pogo pin adapters for common ESP modules on AliExpress for $10 or so that you just drop the module into before its added to your PCB.
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J-LINK needle adapter - any similar but cheaper aolution?
SOICbite if you can move it to the edge.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kandle and SOICbite you can also consider the following projects:
kiml - KiML: KiCAD MAXLAB Libray
ESP-12EF-Eagle-Library - Eagle library for the barebone ESP-12E/F WiFi modules.
splitflap - DIY split-flap display
eagle-cfg - Eagle CAD configuration (Libraries, Scripts, Design rules, etc...)
uConfig - Datasheet pinout extractor from PDF and library Stylizer for Kicad.
kicad_footprints - A collection of all the KiCad footprints on the internet