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Last year I did a presentation on getting started with gEDA at the 2010 Open Source Bridge conference. I just received an email from someone asking for the slides from that presentation. I thought why not post them for everyone. I don’t have complete presentation notes but you can view the speaker notes I did make from the action menu at the bottom of the full screen presentation. View them...

I’ll be speaking tonight at the Portland Linux/Unix Group advanced topics meeting. The topic is going to be creating a printed circuit board using the gEDA suite of electronic design automation tools. Here is the announcement from the PLUG mailing list: http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug-announce/2011q1/000656.html The meeting is at 7PM tonight (Tuesday), March 15th at Free Geek: 1731 SE...

I have been working on a few different shield boards for the Arduino platform. In an attempt to make life easier for myself I created a couple starter files for my future projects. The zip file below includes a schematic and PCB file in gEDA format. The board has the four headers and mounting holes for an Arduino shield board. I’ve decided to release the files into the wild for anyone to use. Arduino...

Low Voltage Labs now has a wiki at http://wiki.lowvoltagelabs.com/ I plan to use the wiki for product documentation, future product ideas, and listing resources related to electronics. Let me know what you think.

I’ve been chosen as a speaker for the 2010 Open Source Bridge conference. Stop by and learn how to create printed circuit boards using the gEDA suite of electronic design automation tools. Release your hardware hacker potential with gEDA This session will take you step-by-step through the process of creating an actual printed circuit board using the gEDA suite of electronic design automation...

Low Voltage Labs is now shipping the VideoOverlayShield. This Arduino compatible shield board overlays text on analog video, using the Maxim MAX7456 on-screen display chip. This board allows easy overlay of text onto an analog video signal, NTSC or PAL. Links for ordering the can be found on the VideoOverlayShield product page.

Low Voltage Labs will soon be releasing it’s first open source design hardware project, the VideoOverlayShield for the Arduino platform. Low Voltage Labs is looking for open source hardware project ideas and would like your input. Do you have an idea for an Arduino shield board or an electronics project that could be used in the classroom? Send us your ideas at the contact page or leave a comment...

Welcome to Low Voltage Labs, a company focusing on open source hardware, electrical engineering design services and creating hardware hacking projects. Design and sell open source hardware Open source hardware definition – from Wikipedia Open Source Hardware list – from Make magazine VideoOverlayShield – the first open source project designed by Low Voltage Labs Provide electrical...