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Electronics, PCB Design, Software

Electronic design tools on Google Trends

2013-04-07 Miguel Nunes

I’ve been looking more closely into these tools for PCB design. All can be downloaded for free, only KiCad and gEDA are true opensource with no limitations.
Eagle
KiCad
gEDA

It looks like KiCad is about to become mainstream….

Web Search Interest: kicad, eagle pcb, geda. Worldwide, 2004 - present
Web Search Interest: kicad, eagle pcb, geda. Worldwide, 2004 – present

Google trends

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Video

  1. SpaceX is doing amazing things! Their “Grasshopper” is a Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) rocket vehicle to test a new concept of rocket that is capable of returning back to Earth intact. Sounds like rocket science recycling?

    In this video you can see something amazing. I call it the Greatest Combination of Aerospace Tech: the smartest rocket on Earth being observed by an Hexacopter! How much better can you get?

    The “smartest rocket” pictured by the “coolest hexacopter”

    2013-10-13 Miguel Nunes
  2. These quadcopters are amazing

    2012-03-01 Miguel Nunes
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