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Tech Explorations
Company blog · techexplorations.com/bloghardwareprogramming
Tech Explorations is the company blog at techexplorations.com, writing about hardware and programming. Since 2019, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Kicad 6: new feature review for open source EDA tool”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Tech Explorations for KiCad release reviews and feature overviews, and for beginner electronics content. One commenter calls it the best starting point for learning electronics from scratch.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Kicad 6: new feature review for open source EDA tool4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-02-06
- The Tech Explorations: Learn electronics and programming2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-06-30
What Hacker News says?
Congrats to the KiCad Team! KiCad 6 is a huge leap from 5.x. For anyone curious, here is a good review of improvements in KiCad 6 : https://techexplorations.com/blog/kicad/kicad-6-review-new-a...
Comment linking /blog/kicad/kicad-6-review-new-and-improved-features/
on “KiCad 6.0.0”Submitted Kicad 6: new feature review for open source EDA tool as a story · 258 points
HN discussionI'm writing a comprehensive review of KiCad 8. Please see here: https://techexplorations.com/blog/kicad/kicad-8-new-and-upda... I'm probably halfway through all the features I plan to write about (with video!) Enjoy!
Comment linking /blog/kicad/kicad-8-new-and-updated-features-review/
on “KiCad 8.0”Submitted The Tech Explorations: Learn electronics and programming as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHere's the KiCad 6 roadmap & feature set, if anyone is curious about new KiCad features: https://techexplorations.com/blog/kicad/kicad-6-review-new-a...
Comment linking /blog/kicad/kicad-6-review-new-and-improved-features/
on “Real-time Netlisting in KiCad [video]”Submitted KiCad 6 is coming A comprehensive review as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'd highly recommend you checkout https://techexplorations.com/ . They (Peter Dalmaris[1]) has by far the best content for starting from scratch. He also runs a bootcamp if you really need a helping hand. Chris Gammell from Contextual Electronics and "The Amp Hour" podcast also has good content https://contextualelectronics.com/ . [1]Disclosure: I often co-host an unrelated STEM podcast w/ Peter, so I'm little biase…
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on “Ask HN: How do I get into electronics from scratch?”Your analogy is more spot on that you may know. The syntax is just a bit off ;) "File > New Project from Template" KiCAD comes with all the usual suspects, including Arduino and the various hats. You can get pmod templates, etc. They're actually really nice. I use the pmod template all the time because it saves time and they're convenient to plug into Arty dev boards. PCBs are so cheap and quick I'll often make a qu…
Comment linking /guides/kicad/3e/create-a-new-kicad-project-from-a-template/
on “Open-Source KiCad PCBs for Common Arduino, ESP32, RP2040 Boards”