Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
This talk focuses on what methods to use with KiCad that enable the testing of a circuit with a PCB milling machine. With these tools, you can go from a finished layout to a tested circuit in minutes or hours instead of days or weeks. High current PTH, svelte SMD circuits, crazy edge cuts and internal slots for custom enclosures can all be tested this way. We’ll show examples of various best practices and demonstrate them by milling a circuit featuring SOT and QFP components.
Slides for this talk: kicad-kicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Daniel-Hienzsch-Rapid-PCB-Prototyping.pdf
About the speaker:
Dan Hienzsch is the founder of Rheingold Heavy, an electronics education and product development company. He's spent 20 years tinkering with electronics, and has done so professionally for the last five of those years. He has created a variety of methods for testing designs as quickly as possible because he screws up a lot.
KiCon 2019 was a conference for people who use and love KiCad. For more information: kicad-kicon.com
Produced by NDV: youtube.com/channel/UCQ7dFBzZGlBvtU2hCecsBBg
This talk focuses on what methods to use with KiCad that enable the testing of a circuit with a PCB milling machine. With these tools, you can go from a finished layout to a tested circuit in minutes or hours instead of days or weeks. High current PTH, svelte SMD circuits, crazy edge cuts and internal slots for custom enclosures can all be tested this way. We’ll show examples of various best practices and demonstrate them by milling a circuit featuring SOT and QFP components.
Slides for this talk: kicad-kicon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Daniel-Hienzsch-Rapid-PCB-Prototyping.pdf
About the speaker:
Dan Hienzsch is the founder of Rheingold Heavy, an electronics education and product development company. He's spent 20 years tinkering with electronics, and has done so professionally for the last five of those years. He has created a variety of methods for testing designs as quickly as possible because he screws up a lot.
KiCon 2019 was a conference for people who use and love KiCad. For more information: kicad-kicon.com
Produced by NDV: youtube.com/channel/UCQ7dFBzZGlBvtU2hCecsBBg
