Neat .. my mom's from Tallmadge, which is a stone's throw from Akron. It's good to hear about more students using KiCad.
- Cirilo On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:50 PM, jp charras <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > -------- Message transféré -------- > Sujet : KiCad > Date : Wed, 8 Feb 2017 18:00:48 +0000 > De : James Falbo <[email protected]> > Pour : [email protected] > <[email protected]> > > > > Dear Jean-Pierre, > > I want to thank you for your vision with KiCAD. You should be very proud of > the platform and tool it > has become. Electronics hobbyist finally have a free limitless package they > can use to layout their > own PCB -- of a variety of sizes and layers. I lead the Electronics Club at > the University of Akron > (in Akron, Ohio in the US) and I’m going to teach the engineering students > how to use your KiCAD to > make schematics and layout their own PCBs so they can become more hands on > engineering students. > I’m not sure what “Ki” stands for but it is a nice easy name to remember. I > suspect it’s an > abbreviation of a French word. > > > I especially appreciate how most options are shown on the side bars of the > KiCad screen. That makes > it easy. Last night I made my first schematic part (a microchip part) and got > a bit confused about > how to properly save it in a new library, but it all worked out. It was quite > easy to make the part! > > > Anyhow, I just wanted to say thank you from abroad and let you know that > hobbyist in Ohio are using > your software. You may not know this but Thomas Edison was born in Ohio, > about 1.5 hours west of > here. If he was living in modern times he too would be using your KiCad! > > > James Falbo > > Agratronix > > VP of Product Development > > Electronics Cub Mentor > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
