Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
At the end of a 3-month stint in Kenya and I decided to run an experiment in the feasibility of designing and assembling prototype batches of PCB's for an energy monitor ASIC I have been meaning to try out - the CS5490. This is a super low bar for a test run. The IC has very few dependent components and large pin pitch making it ideal of teaching manual SMD soldering. This talk covers the challenges (mostly logistics) of small scale PCB design and assembly in Kenya (the third world in general)
About the speaker:
Tisham is a non-practicing Electronics Engineer and almost PhD. He formerly worked in Remote Sensing as a GIS developer but has been an embedded systems enthusiast for a long time. He is currently building the logistics platform of the future in Africa.
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
At the end of a 3-month stint in Kenya and I decided to run an experiment in the feasibility of designing and assembling prototype batches of PCB's for an energy monitor ASIC I have been meaning to try out - the CS5490. This is a super low bar for a test run. The IC has very few dependent components and large pin pitch making it ideal of teaching manual SMD soldering. This talk covers the challenges (mostly logistics) of small scale PCB design and assembly in Kenya (the third world in general)
About the speaker:
Tisham is a non-practicing Electronics Engineer and almost PhD. He formerly worked in Remote Sensing as a GIS developer but has been an embedded systems enthusiast for a long time. He is currently building the logistics platform of the future in Africa.
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
