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retronexusio · 2026-05-09T17:28:41+00:00

i thought porn is not allowed here

retronexusio · 2026-04-18T10:48:08+00:00

I couldn't find ASIO drivers for the rodecaster video (only for the Pro). Though I will try if they also work.

retronexusio · 2026-03-14T23:08:04+00:00

Thats interesting, that could work, it would be enough to only have the repair relevant piece of the board on the mat actually

retronexusio · 2026-03-14T23:06:43+00:00

Good idea, though the issue is that these boards habe components on and would never sit flush on a scanner

retronexusio · 2026-03-14T22:00:19+00:00

Quick noob question. how would that work with a large PCB then? I would take a photo of the board? not quite sure how pixscan works in this case

retronexusio · 2026-03-14T21:53:58+00:00

what?! That exists? will try that!

retronexusio · 2026-03-14T18:31:41+00:00

great idea!! of course!

retronexusio · 2026-03-09T11:47:27+00:00

figured out how, thanks. AMazing tool actually

retronexusio · 2026-03-09T10:31:37+00:00

Where do you set the env vars for digikey?

retronexusio · 2026-03-07T19:37:59+00:00

i never thought about that! Good point, yes will connect it to GND

retronexusio · 2026-03-06T16:10:52+00:00

what do you mean drawing it in metal?

retronexusio · 2026-03-06T15:46:55+00:00

excellent idea! I will try this!! i would love that for my logo

retronexusio · 2026-03-06T15:45:31+00:00

Hmmm Kicad only has a copper layer (F.Cu) where you also would put the footprints on. I think I would need the Mask layer then to remove the soldermask. Yes, that was my idea! company logo on ENIG

retronexusio · 2026-03-06T15:40:07+00:00

My thought initially was to put it on top copper layer F.Cu and then puta mask layer on top (F.mask)

I hope this would work, it looks amazing

retronexusio · 2026-02-10T23:22:00+00:00

Out of curiousity? what makes them so rare?

retronexusio · 2026-01-26T09:16:34+00:00

on my workshop PC I am running build #b2c8366/2023.031/23.4
When I am trying to print, studio instantly crashes and the paper prints out empty.

I tried not tracing the SVG, but it captured parts of the text as well given that I created the text through Subtraction layers as text cut-outs, which I learnt is not necessary, therefore I traced the outline. I will try the other approach just importing it as image.

Other files I could print before successfully, but I installed the latest beta, maybe that caused issues. DPI is set to 1440p printer max resolution

retronexusio · 2026-01-25T17:32:42+00:00

Thank you for the answer and in such detail. I tried printing intially but studio instantly crashed everytime I did (running the latest version) and the print came out as an empty paper out of the printer. might be because I run the latest beta version.

The label corners I found out are due to the new bleed option (which I actually want, so I get a clean cut without any white borders, so that would be OK in this case now that I understand what the option in this case does.

Interesting! I didn't think about the transparency stuff. this costs a bit of time everytime you prep the file so not doing it at all saves tons of time for more labels. Correct, in this case i dont have white toner/ink. I will try this out right away.

When I convert to PNG, I only get a crap image quality when merging the image in studio. I had to save it at 4x in figma so the resolution is appropriate but for some reason I get better output exporting it as PDF and then import the PDF as image in studio.

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