Jon Cruz

KiCad has been one of those workhorse tools used by those in the know, but perhaps scary and intimidating for those who haven't tried it (and maybe some who have). It is described as "A Cross Platform and Open Source Electronics Design Automation Suite", but what exactly does that mean, and how can it help you? This session will present my trials and tribulations attempting to use it to initially to track an arduino project through to ending up with industry manufactured boards and custom 3d printed housings. Failures surely will abound so that you can learn through the pain of others.

What the heck is Godot? Like games? Think of making them? Then this is the game engine and development platform for you. Although newer than Unity and Unreal, it is much more enjoyable to work with and improving rapidly. Most importantly it is *free* not just as in no money, but with all the freedoms of true Open Source. Avoid executives making painful decisions and costing you money (even for demos). Find out how easy it is to get started, how fun it can be to work with, and how powerful it can be. (Plus find out how Unity is like Dungeons and Dragons, in the bad way)

Free, CAD, BIM, FEM... what is it and why might I care?

3D Printing is just one of the simplest things FreeCAD can be used for. With commercial products like Fusion 360 limiting features for free personal use, OpenSource software like FreeCAD become even more important to know and use.

Come and see some of what it can do. Add it to your arsenal of skills. Learn what it is and how to get started. Learn what makes it different from Blender, OpenSCAD and others. Learn about features like what 'parametric' means, and how you can use Python with it.

What is OpenSCAD, what is it good for, and why might you care? OpenSCAD is coding for creating 3D CAD objects perfect for 3D printing. With it coders can create art, artists can code things and hobbyists can pick up new hobbies.

This presentation will cover getting started creating with OpenSCAD, ways for both coders and non-coders to succeed, and how to get to the point of creating your first 3D printed objects. Learn some tricks to get over initial roadblocks, methods for working more efficiently, possible paths for making money, and most of all how to have fun with coding actual objects.

Forget Waldo (or even Wally), what you really what to know is what's up with this 'Wayland' thing and where is it now. Come and learn about the replacement for X and how it is arriving in mobile, embedded and on the desktop. Jon will focus on the current state of Wayland and how developers can benefit from its use. He will help those who are starting brand new with Wayland get up to speed quickly, and guide you to a better understanding of the project, its impact, and how to use it.