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Today I finally milled the base (cradle) for the Stonehenge project out of brass.
The toolpaths were done in #FreeCAD
It is so much nicer than the aluminium part, the weight is quite different.

I will bring one to the combined #kicad and #freecad booth on #fossdem

The brass piece sitting on a aluminium piece.

The "Stonehenge" PCB set in the milled brass base.

Similar image as before.
Now with a PCB seated in the brass piece. — Similar image as before. Now with a PCB seated in the brass piece.

3 milled pieces, two brass and one aluminium

cpresser

@cccpresser@chaos.social · yesterday

Today I finally milled the base (cradle) for the Stonehenge project out of brass.
The toolpaths were done in #FreeCAD
It is so much nicer than the aluminium part, the weight is quite different.

I will bring one to the combined #kicad and #freecad booth on #fossdem

🇺🇦 haxadecimal

@brouhaha@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

I have a question about #KiCad. As someone who's going to make yet another attempt to switch from Eagle, does import of devices/symbols/footprints from Eagle yield reasonable results, or am I better off redoing them from scratch in KiCad?
I use almost entirely custom symbols in Eagle, because I dislike many of the supplied ones, and for anything with a bunch of pins, I create a schematic-specific symbol so as to not have my schematic look like an inscrutable mess.

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merlin / alex glow

@alexglow@chaos.social · 7 days ago

New vid! #PCBs I made in 2025, part 1: LED charm ✨
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTH1NuelDig

Finally pulled together a prototype with this little board – one of my new #Charmware set, reviving the series of modular tech #jewelry bits I started back in 2018. Been dreaming of assembling these with elytra and bike-leather, and the day finally came... The board still needs some tweaks (smaller switch etc.), but with my fixed-up #KiCad workflow, those will be a snap. 😸

// #Maker #LEDs #WearableTech

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Alex Glow on Instagram: "Part 1! Here's my new LED charm circuit board, built into a piece of jewelry as intended.
A few tweaks are still needed: smaller switch, repositioned LED (so it shines back on your skin – as my guitar pick #PCB earring does), etc. However, I'm really happy to finally have something close to my vision!

I used @kicad.eda to design these, and @pcbway to fabricate both the green/silver prototype and the black/gold version. The earring is made with jewel beetle elytra and upcycled bike inner-tube. Looking forward to making lots of variations on these. 💙✨

🔗 bit.ly/charmware for more info – linked at the top of the original @hacksterio tutorial from 2018, when I started this series before a looonnnng hiatus :)

// #WearableTech #LEDs Maker"

Get inspired by Alex Glow's wearable tech creations and learn how to build your own unique, customizable electronic circuits with mini PCB beads. From jewelry making to DIY electronics, explore the charmware series and its limitless possibilities.

Wearing the earring: the blue LED sheds its light on my cheek and palm.

Alex holds up an earring made with a little black-and-gold board, a blue LED, jewel beetle wing casings (elytra), and upcycled bike inner-tube rubber (which I call "bike leather").