A simple one today - a list of tools
Tools for building your first prototype.
Tools that strike a balance between cost💰(often free!) and effectiveness 🚀.
These are preferences of course, but if you don’t know where to start, take a look at these:
Flow Charts and Diagrams - drawio.com
Mechanical CAD - Autodesk Fusion
Schematic Capture - KiCad
Wire Harnesses - RapidHarness
Data Analysis - Python / Pandas
Data Driven Web Apps - Python / Plotly Dash
Mechanical Prototyping - 3D Printers (Prusa)
Edge Computing - Raspberry Pi
Embedded Computing - Arduino and derivativesRough System Modeling - Excel! (and a solid understanding of physics 😉)
Complex System Modeling - OpenModelica
None of those options are necessarily the best in class, but they all provide a great value, and will take you a long way, quickly - If you know how to use them!
-Brian Schoolcraft
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