🛠️ Maker resources 🛠️

A curated list of awesome maker software and resources.

📌 Table of contents

• Software
• Youtube Tutorials
• Hardware
• PCB's - Printed circuit boards
• Advice

💻 Software

Open source & Free

• Parametric 3D-Modeling: FreeCAD - 3D Printing, part design
• Electronics Design Automation Suite: KiCad - PCB design
• Free Design tool(svg): Inkscape - Graphics tool for the creation of vector files
• Image Editor: Gimp - Image editor for general image editing

Closed source

• Laser cutter & fiber laser (If you own one): Light burn

📺 Youtube Channels

• FreeCad Tutorial Series| MangoJelly Solutions for FreeCAD
• KiCad Tutorial Series| Pcb Cupid
• Inkscape Tutorials| TJ FREE
• GIMP Tutorial| TJ FREE

🛠️ Hardware

Good hardware to start with, for smaller projects

• Soldering iron (Pinecil OR TS80)
  • Modular Pinecil Case
• 3D-Printer (Creality OR Prusa)

PCB's - Printed circuit boards

Online Design Review

• Microchip

Manufacturers

• JLCPCB
• PCBWay

Web GerberViewer

Recommend to verify your gerber file again using a different gerber viewer than KiCad!

• PCBWay Web-GerberViewer

💡 Advice

• Get in touch with people who also enjoy making projects, for example, at hackspaces or maker conventions.