CEP014 - Moving to KiCad V6 with Jon Evans

<h2>Welcome, Jon Evans of the KiCad project!</h2> <p>Jon Evans is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSWm5H0lVo0">longtime developer</a> on the KiCad project and practicing EE at Formlabs. He joins Chris to talk about the future of KiCad, including features that are coming in V6.</p> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <ul> <li>0:00 Introduction</li> <li>2:15 Making changes to the platform</li> <li>4:00 History of the codebase - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGMpAEKGnvk">Chat with the KiCad team about V6 and beyond</a></li> <li>5:05 Jon's work background - Jon works for <a href="https://formlabs.com/">Formlabs</a></li> <li>8:20 What is coming in KiCad v6?</li> <li>10:45 Working with legacy code in KiCad</li> <li>13:30 Looking at an example project</li> <li>14:50 Schematic editor</li> <li>18:50 Changes to the schematic UI</li> <li>21:00 Layout tool</li> <li>22:45 Changes to the layout UI</li> <li>24:10 The split of beginner vs advanced users</li> <li>25:55 The benefits of an open source tool</li> <li>26:25 Comparison to tools that are cloud based</li> <li>27:45 The KiCad ecosystem</li> <li>30:45 KiCad Professional Services</li> <li>32:00 KiCon 2021</li> <li>33:10 What is DRC? How is it changing?</li> <li>37:40 The challenges of live DRC</li> <li>40:15 Example of DRC</li> <li>46:05 New python API</li> <li>48:30 Example project for using python scripting with KiCad</li> <li>50:00 How the KiCad project works with feature requests</li> <li>52:15 Working with the console inside KiCad</li> <li>53:55 What else is Jon excited about in V6?</li> <li>56:20 KiCad as a professional tool?</li> <li>1:00:05 Following Jon online</li> <li>1:02:10 Conclusion</li> </ul> <p>Other links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/joncraftyjon">Follow Jon on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://forum.kicad.info">KiCad User Forum</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.kicad.org/community/chat/">KiCad Discord</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/kicad_pcb">KiCad Twitter</a></li> </ul> <h3>Thank you for supporting The Contextual Electronics Podcast! Here's how you can follow and help us grow:</h3> <ul> <li>Please follow us on social media: <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ContextualElec">@ContextualElec</a> on Twitter</li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/contextualelectronics/">Contextual Electronics on Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/11855297">Contextual Electronics on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Chris_Gammell">@Chris_Gammell</a> on Twitter</li> </ul> </li> <li>Please consider leaving us a review <ul> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-contextual-electronics-podcast/id1525800105">iTunes page for subscribing and reviewing</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>