Low Voltage Labs http://lowvoltagelabs.com Open source hardware development and hardware hacking Mon, 16 May 2011 23:57:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/http://lowvoltagelabs.com/http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/3969370985_c9dc7d90b8_t.jpgLow Voltage LabsLowVoltageLabshttp://feedburner.google.com Slides from my presentation on gEDA http://feeds.lowvoltagelabs.com/~r/LowVoltageLabs/~3/pS98Ayf6JvE/ http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2011/05/16/slides-from-my-presentation-on-geda/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 23:57:06 +0000 Eric http://lowvoltagelabs.com/?p=394 Last year I did a presentation on getting started with gEDA at the 2010 Open Source Bridge conference. I just received an email from someone asking for the slides from that presentation. I thought why not post them for everyone.

I don’t have complete presentation notes but you can view the speaker notes I did make from the action menu at the bottom of the full screen presentation.

View them full screen here:
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dccz7pqb_213gx7nb5f2

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Here is the announcement from the PLUG mailing list:
http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug-announce/2011q1/000656.html

The meeting is at 7PM tonight (Tuesday), March 15th at Free Geek: 1731 SE 10TH AVE, Portland, OR.

Hope to see you there.

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Arduino shield outline schematic and layout files in gEDA format (zip file)

These files are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

ShieldOutline gEDA Schematic
ShieldOutline gEDA PCB layout

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I plan to use the wiki for product documentation, future product ideas, and listing resources related to electronics. Let me know what you think.

]]> http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2010/11/16/low-voltage-labs-now-has-a-wiki/feed/ 0 http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2010/11/16/low-voltage-labs-now-has-a-wiki/ Join me at the 2010 Open Source Bridge conference http://feeds.lowvoltagelabs.com/~r/LowVoltageLabs/~3/h09Nt6KsnuI/ http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2010/05/06/join-me-at-the-2010-open-source-bridge-conference/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 05:24:48 +0000 Eric http://lowvoltagelabs.com/?p=289 I’m speaking at Open Source Bridge – June 1–4, 2010 – Portland, ORI’ve been chosen as a speaker for the 2010 Open Source Bridge conference. Stop by and learn how to create printed circuit boards using the gEDA suite of electronic design automation tools.

Release your hardware hacker potential with gEDA

This session will take you step-by-step through the process of creating an actual printed circuit board using the gEDA suite of electronic design automation tools. From schematic to gerber files, you can do all with the open source tools in gEDA.

The gEDA project is a full GPL’d suite of electronic design automation tools. The suite includes tools for schematic capture, attribute management, bill of materials (BOM) generation, netlist creation, analog and digital simulation, and printed circuit board (PCB) layout.

This session will cover:
- Drawing a block diagram
- Creating parts and drawing a schematic
- Netlist creation and import into the printed circuit board tool
- Layout of the printed circuit board
- Outputting gerber files
- Design verification
- How to have your printed circuit board built

This session will be presented for the beginner and will assume no previous hardware experience.

]]> http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2010/05/06/join-me-at-the-2010-open-source-bridge-conference/feed/ 1 http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2010/05/06/join-me-at-the-2010-open-source-bridge-conference/ VideoOverlayShield is now available for purchase http://feeds.lowvoltagelabs.com/~r/LowVoltageLabs/~3/EQSH79ybAIE/ http://lowvoltagelabs.com/2010/03/27/videooverlayshield-is-now-available-for-purchase/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:55:08 +0000 Eric http://lowvoltagelabs.com/?p=281 Low Voltage Labs is now shipping the VideoOverlayShield. This Arduino compatible shield board overlays text on analog video, using the Maxim MAX7456 on-screen display chip. This board allows easy overlay of text onto an analog video signal, NTSC or PAL.

Links for ordering the can be found on the VideoOverlayShield product page.

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Low Voltage Labs is looking for open source hardware project ideas and would like your input. Do you have an idea for an Arduino shield board or an electronics project that could be used in the classroom? Send us your ideas at the contact page or leave a comment below.

Be sure to check back and see what projects Low Voltage Labs creates next.

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Design and sell open source hardware

Provide electrical engineering design services

  • Digital and analog circuit design
  • PCB layout
  • Programmable logic programming for PLDs and FPGAs
  • Embedded software programming: x86 assembly, C, and microcontroller

Experiment with and document hardware hacking projects

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