Tomasz Wlostowski

A discussion about the current state of the FOSS offerings for analogue circuit simulation, and possible paths moving forward.

Other people: Guilherme Brondani Torri Wladek Grabinski Felix Salfelder

A tutorial for the new Spice simulation features in Kicad (design of a simple analog circuit, SPICE model/simulation setup, analysis of the results).

Panel discussion on PCB design tools.

Other people: Peter Stuge Kaspar Emanuel Wayne Stambaugh Peter Clifton

Interactive (a.k.a. push and shove) routing is a key feature of advanced PCB design software, greatly reducing the time it takes to design and modify the board. There is however no literature on the subject available. The presentation will focus on the internals of the router implemented by CERN for the Kicad PCB editor: - efficient routing geometry storage and obstacle detection, - shove & hug algorithm based on octagonal primitives and force propagation, - optimization and trace smoothing techniques, - length tuning and differential pair routing.

A panel discussion on topics related to digital design and simulation.

Other people: Tristan Gingold Fabrizio Ferrandi Maciej Sumiński Javier D. Garcia-Lasheras