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# FOSDEM 2018 CAD and Open Hardware Devroom Call for Participation
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This is the call for participation in the [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org)
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2018 devroom on Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools and Open Hardware, to
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be held on Saturday 3 February 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. We are looking
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for contributions under the form of talks and tutorials covering the
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following main topics:
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- Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design tools (e.g.
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[KiCad](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/) and
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[gEDA](http://www.geda-project.org/))
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- Analogue and digital simulators (e.g.
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[ngspice](http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/),
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[Qucs](http://qucs.sourceforge.net/),
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[Gnucap](http://www.gnucap.org), [Xyce](https://xyce.sandia.gov/),
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[GHDL](http://ghdl.free.fr/), [Icarus](http://iverilog.icarus.com/)
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and [Verilator](http://www.veripool.org/wikis/verilator))
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- Any other EDA tools such as high-level tools for digital hardware
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design (e.g. [Migen](https://github.com/m-labs/migen)) and HDL
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synthesis tools (e.g. [Yosys](http://www.clifford.at/yosys/))
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- Mechanical CAD tools such as [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org/)
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and [OpenSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/)
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- Open Hardware projects such as the [Teres
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laptop](https://github.com/OLIMEX/DIY-LAPTOP).
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- Inter-project opportunities for collaboration
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We hope to provide an opportunity for attendees to bring themselves up
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to date on the latest FOSS CAD and Open Hardware developments, share
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knowledge and identify opportunities to collaborate on development
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tasks. This devroom is an evolution of the EDA devroom we organised in
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[2015](https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/electronic_design_automation/),
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[2016](https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/eda/) and
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[2017](https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/electronic_design_automation_eda/).
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## The submission process
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Please submit your proposals at
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https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM18 *before 1 December 2017*.
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If you already have a Pentabarf account (for example as a result of
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having submitted a proposal in the past), make sure you use it to log in
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and submit your proposal. Do not create a new account if you already
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have one. Please provide a bit of information about yourself under
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Person -\> Description -\> Abstract. When you submit your proposal
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(creating an "Event" in Pentabarf), make sure you choose the "CAD and
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Open Hardware Devroom" in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your
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proposal might go unnoticed. Fill in at least a title and abstract for
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the proposed talk and a suggested duration. Bear in mind that a lot of
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the value in these meetings comes from the discussions, so please be
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reasonable regarding the duration of the talk.
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## Important dates
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- 1 December 2017: deadline for submission of proposals
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- 8 December 2017: announcement of final schedule
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- 3 February 2018: devroom day
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## Recordings
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The FOSDEM organisers hope to be able to live-stream and record all the
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talks. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all
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FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Only presentations will be recorded, not
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informal discussions and whatever happens during the lunch break. By
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agreeing to present at FOSDEM, you automatically give permission to be
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recorded. The organisers will agree to make exceptions but only for
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exceptional and well-reasoned cases.
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## Mailing list
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Feel free to subscribe to the [mailing
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list](https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/eda-devroom) of the EDA devroom
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to submit ideas, ask questions and generally discuss about the event.
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## Spread the word\!
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This is the first CAD and Open Hardware devroom at FOSDEM, after three
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EDA-only devrooms which were very well received. Let's make sure as many
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projects and developers as possible are present. Thanks\!
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