Some Helpful Links

Chippydootles Repositories

Software

  • KiCad I started my electronics journey in KiCad in 2017? It's only gotten better since
  • Krita FOSS digital art program, I use it along with a intous for hand drawing some raster art
  • FreeCad There can be a learning curve but it's a very capable parametric design CAD
  • Darktable Open source digital photo studio (alternative to adobe lightroom)
  • Zola Open source static-site generator written in rust

Fabhouses

  • Oshpark Circuit board fab house based in the united states. Champion of the Pretty Purple PCB.
  • JLCpcb Circuit board fab house based in china
  • Pcbway Circuit board fab house also in china

Digital Component Suppliers

  • Digikey My go to digital front for component sourcing
  • Mouser My second go to for component sourcing
  • Arduino Educational based Programming tool for microcontrollers. Easiest way to get started for most chippydootles.
  • megaTinyCore Arduino core for Attiny series 0,1, and 2 microcontrollers. Needed for Amulets and Pendant programming.
  • megaTinyCore owner's tindie Tindie store of the maintainer/owner of megatinycore.
  • Tindie Webfront for electronics makers to sell to others! Very neat.