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Reblogged from http://www.suspectdevices.com/blahg/arm/my-33-linux-box/

"http://www.dorkbotpdx.org/workshop/arduino/cult_induction_rev8"

Reposted from: http://www.suspectdevices.com/blahg/electronics/the-other-open-source-its-the-meta-data-stupid/
I wish I had seen Ladyada's blog about getting off the fence about kicad before she closed comments to it. I just ran up kicad on my mac and its still not ready for prime time. The worst part of it is that the designs that are in kicad are stuck in kicad.

OLD SCHOOL!!!!
Introducing the TAD (a Through-hole Arduino compatible Design).

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During this quarter's induction we are going to try something different.

http://www.dorkbotpdx.org/workshop/arduino/cult_induction_rev8

http://blip.tv/open-source-bridge/open-source-bridge-2011-don-davis-and-ward-cunningham-5313671

Way back when the Arduino started out, you could lay out a single sided through hole design. People were encouraged to make their own. Then along came computers without serial ports and the need for everything to be USB and suddenly you couldn't design an Arduino without a 4 dollar surface mount chip. So some of us looked for alternatives to the 4 dollar part and wound up creating examples of what would become the UNO and Paul Stoffregon's Teensy Series.

Whenever I look at integrating avrdude into a software solution I find myself thinking about how useless the “Phillip”s bit on a Leatherman(tm) tool is and how many times I have hurt myself using it when it was the tool on hand. (This is the precursor to the next few blog entries).

I wont be able to get you into the Illuminati Motorcycle Club,

But i can lead you down the path to the dark side.

Join me on mayday for the Next Cult Induction. http://dorkbotpdx.org/workshop/arduino/cult_induction_rev8