fritzing: electronics made easey for non-electronikers by amin zayani
DESCRIPTION
Fritzing is a software tool which allows users to document these electronic prototype projects and share them with others. Due to its intuitive approach, it can help teach electronics to people without an engineering background. Until the development of Fritzing it was difficult to document or share these projects. Prototypes could only be photographed with their overlapping wires, which made them very difficult to “read”.TRANSCRIPT
www.fritzing.org
IXDS Interation Design Studios GmbH
Amin Zayani
Fritzing: Electronics made easy for non-electronikers
Interface DesignFH Potsdam
http://design.fh-potsdam.de
IxDS – Interaction Design Studios
http://ixds.de
AgendaOriginal VisionSome StatsToday’s EcosystemWhere to?
Reasons
Tom Igoe & Dan O’Sullivan, 2004
Why Electronics?A user portrait drawn by a computer
H. Benchenaa, G. Iruretagoiena, H- Martin, M. Banzi, Y. Steiner, R. Wettach, Ivrea 2004
Tangible User Interfaces are greatBecause they are meaningful and fun
!is one is from ATMEL
Microcontrollers!e magic sauce
Arduino UNOMicrocontroller boardsmake them accessible for us
SparkFun / Honeywell Acceleration Sensor
Breakout boardsmake even the most advanced technology accessible
http://blog.skincontact.com
Breadboards, the non-engineers delight...wonderful and tragic
Of course there are professional toolsbut they are made for engineers and their process
Plan Execute
AgendaOriginal VisionSome StatsToday’s EcosystemWhere to?
Reactions
Fritzing to the rescureOur original vision: “From prototype to product”
Started as funded research project at FHP in 2007Awesome team! (excerpt shown here)
Community-driven visionFritzing Summits in 2007 & 2008
Vision fulfilled in 2009 and funding, too :(
AgendaOriginal VisionSome StatsToday’s EcosystemWhere to?
Stories
Learning and Teachingin a language that we understand
Documenting to assist you while you’re tinkering
Sharing to enable learning from each other
Collaborating with other designers, but also engineers!
Producingof professional PCBs
We didn’t want to stop.But how continue?
AgendaOriginal VisionSome StatsToday’s EcosystemWhere to?
!e Big Picture
The FritzingEcosystem
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Your Projects
The FritzingEcosystem
Your Projects
Learn
Produce
CreateShare
The FritzingEcosystem
Examples
Breadboard
Code
Schematics
PCB
Exports
Tool
Your Projects
Learn
Produce
CreateShare
What’s newsince 2009
- Multiple microcontrollers
- Stripboards
- Bendable part legs
- SMD components
- Programming code editor
- Autosave & Restore
- Double-layer board design
- Improved Autorouting
The FritzingEcosystem
Examples
Breadboard
Code
Schematics
PCB
Exports
Tool
Your Projects
Learn
Produce
CreateShare
The FritzingEcosystem
Work-shops
PartCreation
Project Gallery
Friends of Fritzing e.V.
Publications& Talks
Starter KitServices
Project Shop
Fab
Examples
Breadboard
Code
Schematics
PCB
Exports
Tool
Your Projects
Learn
Produce
CreateShare
http://fab.fritzing.org
The FritzingEcosystem
Work-shops
PartCreation
Project Gallery
Friends of Fritzing e.V.
Publications& Talks
Starter KitServices
Project Shop
Fab
Examples
Breadboard
Code
Schematics
PCB
Exports
Tool
Your Projects
Learn
Produce
CreateShare
The FritzingEcosystem
Books
Web Communities
Hardware Producers
External
Manufacturers
Universities& Schools
Work-shops
PartCreation
Project Gallery
Friends of Fritzing e.V.
Publications& Talks
Starter KitServices
Project Shop
Fab
Examples
Breadboard
Code
Schematics
PCB
Exports
Tool
Your Projects
Learn
Produce
CreateShare
The FritzingEcosystem
Books
Web Communities
Hardware Producers
External
Manufacturers
Universities& Schools
Work-shops
PartCreation
Project Gallery
Friends of Fritzing e.V.
Publications& Talks
Starter KitServices
Project Shop
Fab
Examples
Breadboard
Code
Schematics
PCB
Exports
Tool
Your Projects
Learn
Produce
CreateShare
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What’s next?Some musts and coulds
Clean up
More parts, better part editor
More learning material
Better website, especially projects & parts
More features:
- ERC to help beginners
- Export to more professional tools
- Support for modular hardware kits (trend?)
!anks.
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