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First Impressions – Software

A walk down the low-cost MCU-road

October 6, 2022

Common Hardware, First Impressions - Hardware, First Impressions - Software, Maker Tutorials, Software Tutorials, Theoretical Tutorials

Introduction Some projects here at Norwegian Creations involves MCUs with a good selection of internal modules in hardware. But sometimes cost is very(!!) important, and much other things are not (how much RAM does your headlamp need?). So in cases…

A First Impression of Tinkercad Circuits

November 9, 2018

Mads Aasvik

First Impressions - Software

We have written about Tinkercad on our blog before. This is a free CAD-platform for beginners which is very easy to use, but doesn’t have many features. Recently, we became aware of something called Tinkercad Circuits (“TC” henceforth), which is…

Sculptris: First Impressions and 3D Printing

August 17, 2017

Mads Aasvik

First Impressions - Software, Software Tutorials

Sculptris is a sculpting 3D modelling software developed by Pixelogic who also have developed the more famous ZBrush. Unlike ZBrush however, Sculptris is completely free! We haven’t looked at Sculptris before, so let’s give you our first impressions before going…

A Quick Look at FreeCAD

February 25, 2016

Mads Aasvik

First Impressions - Software

FreeCAD is an open source parametric CAD software, which is obviously also free. We’ve taken a quick look at it to check if it’s something that we’d recommend to other makers. FreeCAD is still in heavy development (current latest non-dev.…

A Quick Look at the Free Browser-based CAD Software Onshape

December 17, 2015

Mads Aasvik

First Impressions - Software

Onshape is a powerful browser-based CAD software which has a wide array of tools to make you able to create all sorts of intricate 3D models. The software has a strong focus on cross-platform cloud usage and features assembly tools…

What Is Autodesk 123D Design and Why Should You (Not) Use It?

October 15, 2015

Mads Aasvik

First Impressions - Software

EDIT: Autodesk 123D Design has been discontinued as of March 31st 2017. It is no longer available for download from the official site and already downloaded versions will no longer be supported. However, you are able to download it here…

A Quick Look at Autodesk Tinkercad

October 8, 2015

Mads Aasvik

First Impressions - Software

A few weeks ago we wrote an intro to CAD for makers. We mentioned that Sketchup and Autodesk Fusion 360 are two good alternatives to the bigger and more expensive CAD beasts out there. However, if you find those programs…

PCBWeb – Free PCB Design software – first impressions

July 1, 2015

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

First Impressions - Software

PCBWeb is a free PCB-design software. But since it’s free, what is the catch? Read on to find out what our first impressions are after testing out this package:) Download and Install Downloading was as simple as you might expect.…

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