Our friends from FabLab Torino have created a wonderful tutorial (thanks to Federico Vanzati) on how you can prepare a Fritzing circuit for production with a CNC milling machine. It’s a relatively straightforward process using a vector software like Inkscape to convert the Fritzing DIY format to the “negative” format that the milling machine requires. The picture above shows the result. What’s nice is that they now also sourced the adequate DIY CNC machine. The Roland iModela is now available in the Arduino Store.

There have been attempts from others to mill Fritzing circuits: Checkout Don Roberts’ report, and also the tutorial from the FabLab Amersfoort (thanks to Peter Uithoven).

And then there’s still Fritzing Fab. :)

Nach der Veröffentlichung des Arduino Video Workshops auf Englisch kommt nun die deutschsprachige Synchronisation:

14 Folgen Einsteigerworkshop zum Thema Arduino und Elektronik.

Bitte weitersagen:

Arduino Lernen Episode 001 - Elektronische Grundlagen Diese Episode klärt ein paar elektronische Grundlagen wie Strom und Spannung, Leistung und Arten von Stromkreisen.

Arduino Lernen Episode 002 – Arduino Überblick Diese Episode stellt das Arduino-Board vor.

Arduino Lernen Episode 003 – Digital Out mit Blink Diese Episode klärt, was ein digitales Signal ist und wie ein Programm auf das Arduino übertragen wird. Dazu gibt es einen Einstieg in die Programmierumgebung von Arduino.

Arduino Lernen Episode 004 – Digital Out mit SOS Diese Episode erklärt for-Schleifen und Arrays.

Arduino Lernen Episode 005 – Breadboard Prototyping Breadboards sind sehr praktisch um Ideen schnell umzusetzen. Diese Episode zeigt, wie du damit arbeiten kannst.

Arduino Lernen Episode 006 – Digital In mit einem Taster Digitaler Input ist das Thema dieser Folge. Erklärt wird auch, wozu ein Dropdown Widerstand gut ist und wie eine if-Abfrage programmiert wird.

Arduino Lernen Episode 007 – Verstärkung mit einem Transistor Oft benötigen wir Stromverstärkung. Wie das funktionieren kann, erkläre ich hier.

Arduino Lernen Episode 008 – Analog Out mit Fading Der Unterschied zwischen digitalen und analogen Signalen wird geklärt, PWM vorgestellt und wir senden ein PWM Signal um eine LED zu dimmen.

Arduino Lernen Episode 009 – Analog In mit Servo und Pott Diese Folge zeigt das Prinzip, analoge Sensoren auszulesen. Wir steuern einen Servo mit einem Potentiometer.

Arduino Lernen Episode 010 – Analog In mit Servo und LDR Diese Folge zeigt, was ein Referenz-Widerstand ist und wie er benutzt wird, um analoge Sensoren auszulesen.

Arduino Lernen Episode 011 – Serielle Kommunikation Datenübermittlung vom Arduino zum Computer.

Arduino Lernen Episode 012 – FIRMATA Diese Episode stellt FIRMATA vor und zeigt, wie Arduino und Porcessing mit einander kommunizieren können.

Arduino Lernen Episode 013 – Platinenlayout mit Fritzing Diese Episode zeigt, wie du mit Fritzing ein Platinenlayout erstellen kannst.

Arduino Lernen Episode 014 – Module Diese sehr kurze Folge beschreibt eine gute Möglichkeit, den Funktionsumfang von Arduino zu erweitern.

This years Fritzing gift is something very special: A complete Arduino Workshop!

14 Episodes of compressed knowledge of this famous Microcontroller for free and for you! Please share and comment.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas :)

1. Learning Arduino Episode 001 – Electronic Basics This episode will explain electronic basics like voltage, current, power and different circuits.
2. Learning Arduino Episode 002 – Arduino introduction This episode is introducing the Arduino board.
3. Learning Arduino Episode 003 – Digital Out with Blink This episode will show you, what a digital signal is an how you can transfer a program on the Arduino board. The Arduino programming environment is explained, too.
4. Learning Arduino Episode 004 – Digital Out with SOS This episodes shows the use of for-loops and arrays.
5. Learning Arduino Episode 005 – Breadboard Prototyping Breadboards are very useful to prototype ideas in short time. This episode will show, how to work with it.
6. Learning Arduino Episode 006 – Digital In with a button The digital input is the topic of this episode. The need of a drop down resistor is explained and in programming the if-condition.
7. Learning Arduino Episode 007 – Amplification with a transistor Amplification is needed very often. The main principle of it is shown here.
8. Learning Arduino Episode 008 – Analog Out with Fading The difference between digital and analog signals is explained, PWM introduced and we will send an analog signal out to fade a LED.
9. Learning Arduino Episode 009 – Analog In with Servo and Knob This episode will show the principle of sensing a resistor relation. A potentiometer and even a servo motor will be explained.
10. Learning Arduino Episode 010 – Analog In with Servo and LDR This episode will show you the use of a reference resistor when using analog sensors.
11. Learning Arduino Episode 011 – Serial communication Transmit signals from the Arduino to the computer.
12. Learning Arduino Episode 012 – FIRMATA This episode will show you how to work with Arduino and Processing using the FIRMATA library.
13. Learning Arduino Episode 013 – PCB layout with Fritzing In this episode I will show you, how to make a PCB out of your circuit using Fritzing.
14. Learning Arduino Episode 014 – using modules This episode will show you how to extend your Arduino.

Thanks to everyone for sending in your inspiring/cute/impressive projects via mail, Twitter, and our project gallery! It was tough for us to make a decision, let alone come up with a good set of criteria. …ta-dahhhh, and the winners are:

1. The Super Upgrade Kit goes to hdf_mjf_de for his simple, yet fun and beautifully and completely documented Beep Game! Of course the built-in Fritzing hommage had us biased.

1. The free Fab production goes to J_Hodgie for his impressive Mega Motor Shield, because of its mega-ness and for squeezing the latest bleeding edge features out of Fritzing.

1. The Edgy Motor Breakout goes to RainerWierland for his Tilduino, a handy, compact Arduino clone he built for his son, again thoroughly documented.

We also can’t resist to give a special price to another delightful project, for the simplest project with the greatest impression: Mario Böhmer’s Show Love in a Heartbeat receives a free Fritzing Fab production to turn his project into a real product.

Congratulationsto everyone, and we hope we picked the right present for you all!

This post concludes the year for us and we hope you all had a wonderful one. It certainly has been an exciting time for Fritzing, with big new features, supportive partnerships, fantastic workshops, and most of all a rewarding community. Thank you all!

Hi everyone,

just in time for the season we deliver a new release to play with over the holidays. Even though it’s a minor release it comes with a lot of nifty new features:

• The new parts bin navigation lets you easily browse through your part bins and has dedicated bins for some popular manufacturers.
• Fritzing got much faster - especially on the Mac! We owe this speed improvement to the wonderful folks at Qt, who released the new version 4.8.
• Parts can now be rotated freely in breadboard and pcb view. Just hover a selected part over a corner, then drag around.
• Our generic ICs now provide a dedicated pin label editor to make it easier to create custom ICs. You can find it in the inspector window.
• On your PCB, you now can decide if you like to have a ground fill (empty spaces are filled with copper connected to the GND) or just a copper fill (not connected).
• In preparation for the new Super Upgrade Kit you can find new example circuits for 7 segment displays, shift registers, rotary encoders and much more.
• Lots of new parts from parkFun (thanks Lionel, Nathan, Ryan, Robert), Snootlab (thanks Lionel and Lionel), from the Fritzing team (shrouded pin headers, ECB transistors, 3mm LEDs, Superflux LEDs, 5 band resistors, the Atmega 2560, SSOP 28 footprint, rotary encoder). We also finally managed to include some of the wonderful community contributed parts (fuse, low dropout voltage regulator, Atmega644, HCF 4067, RTC breakout, HEF 4094, RGB 3W Star, DB-25 connector). Thanks to Johan, Macgyveremir, Forvellos, Mike, SorkiG, Niclas, Kungfumachinist.
• An updated Portugues translation -thanks Nuno!

Give it a spin!

Your little Fritzing elves