General
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include support for gEDA
I note your comment here:
http://www.circuitbee.com/about
"Currently we only support KiCad schematics since we couldn't find good documentation on the file formats used by other software. We intend to expand to other popular schematic capture software ... "
gEDA file formats are well documented:
http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:file_format_spec?s[]=file&s[]=formats
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Help people master KiCad
Tell them about....
I've done a page for you there....
http://kicadhowto.wikidot.com/fq1circb
... feel free to "complain"... I mean suggest impovements!
On your site, you speak of giving people code they can embed in there web pages. Can I embed an example of CircuitBee at work on my page, using one of the "public circuits" as an example of what you do?
Thanks for considering... and thanks for what CircuitBee does!! I hope Google buys you soon and gives you the money to go on to a new great idea! I'd "speak to them", but I don't think my 5…
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Fix zoom buttons on iOS devices
The zoom slider works but the zoom buttons do not seem to work with an iPad in fullscreen mode.
Drag-pan works; pinch-zoom would be nice but might not be worth the development time if there isn't a cross platform way to do this.
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Library Manager
A settings page that allows users to manage their custom libraries, including updating them and adding new ones.
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Suggested Libraries
When I add a new circuit, it would be nice if it could suggest libraries based on the parts I've used. Nothing more complex than "The parts you've used appear in these libraries."
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Specificy zoom location in embedded code
I want to embedd a larger circuit in my blog, but want to refer to seperate parts of it. Instead of creating multiple circuits, each identical with different thumbnails, it would be better to allow the embed code to specify the zoom? Eg the embeddable code is dynamic based on the current zoom. then all my different embeded circuits can link ot the same circuit on circuit bee.
1 voteThis is definitely planned, and soon. We will improve the embed code block to allow you to set the position and zoom level.
We are also considering implementing a little bit of JavaScript you can include into your page that will allow you to markup links within your page content that will navigate the embedded schematic to a specific location/zoom/component.
This should solve all the issues you have listed here.
Thanks for the suggestions!
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Reviewed on MakeUseOf.com
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Versions of Circuits
I don't know if that is a good idea, but I would find it great to have a system where I can put multiple versions of a circuit, because sometimes there are small mistakes. So it would be good, if there is a slider which you can move to browse old versions.
1 voteHi Leo,
Yes this is definitely planned. We just recently added support to upload new versions of a schematic. We just need to build an interface to allow you to browse through older versions of the schematic as well.
This is possibly going to be a pro feature, though we’re not yet sure.
Please let us know what you think.
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Add a Parts list
Add a table, maybe to the right of the circuit with the part numbers and quantity. Hovering might give you a more detailed description of the part. You might use an icon for a link to a free or paid ad, for where you could purchase the part or a kit. Some people might promote their circuit by offering a one stop shop for the parts, which might include a circuit board. You might make money by letting the big boys like Digikey, Mouser, jameco, Newark, Allied... buy ad space for the parts they carry.
15 votesHey Boley,
Parts lists are definitely a good idea, if/when we implement board support it will be even more useful still.
Partnerships with parts suppliers is a direction we may head in if people think its useful
Thanks for the input!
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Allow collateral files upload
What you're doing is FANTASTIC, and NEEDED in the hacker community, and quite simply, YOU GUYS ROCK!
However, a schematic alone does not a working project make. Source code, notes, PCB layout, etc. are all important. I realize you're not (yet, anyway) trying to be all things to all people, but at the least I think that source code and a detailed description should be part of uploads. While I think your technology is GREAT, even the few circuits uploaded so far are minimally useful without the collateral information.
8 votesThis will greatly increase our hosting costs, but we can certainly see the utility for users.
We would like to implement this, but since this is all out of our own pocket at the moment we are hesitating.
Please could you let us know roughly how large the files you would like to attach are, so we can make more informed educated guesses about possible costs.
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put in a killer rating system!!
I think that if you put a way for us to see and sort the ratings of each schematic it would help us to find some of the better designs!
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We had wondered if the community we were targetting with this project were OpenID users or not. I guess this answers our question, when we get a chance we will have to implement this.
If you think this is a big deal for you please vote so we know how important this feature is to you.
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PDF and KiCAD download
Just add feature that anybody can download circuit in PDF or KiCAD format.
10 votesKiCAD download is definitely coming, it will be available as a download link shown in the circuit view page. If people would like this button to appear within the viewer please let us know in this thread.
PDF download may come at a later date.
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Button to get back from full screen
Awesome site!
Once you've gone fullscreen on a circuit there's no button to get back where you came from (non-fllscreen). Have to re-navigate
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API
An API so that you can upload straight from a designer.
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Browse circuits by category and rating
Would like to see circuits by category or tag with ratings e.g robotics, music etc
2 votesWe’ll be adding this sometime soon, but we want to make sure it integrates nicely with the upcoming Google Site Search.
We definitely want categories/tags for schematics, but we’re not yet sure Ratings are the right approach here. Do we really want to rate down ‘bad’ schematics, rather than to show how they can be made into ‘good’ schematics?
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Offer membership to raise money!
GitHub and similar sites make money by requiring people to host public projects if they're using the free service. So there's one option for fund-raising right away.
TypeKit is a subscription-based service that provides web fonts to subscribers. I wonder if you could make CircuitBee work the same way? i.e.: service is free if you just point people to the circuit here on the site (or embed a PNG/PDF), the full embedded browser would require an active subscription.
Alternately, stick up a PayPal donation link and see if you can gather enough donations in a year to buy a coffee…
1 voteHi Alex,
You are absolutely right, as soon as we’re leaving the alpha stage we will have to find some ways of monetizing the site.
A small fee for enabling public embeds of circuits might be good, but it really depends on the users and whether or not we’re providing enough value.
We have been planning some advanced features which perhaps would fall under a ‘pro’ account. We’ll have to see how this goes in the days ahead.
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Improve performance
Tried circuibee in both Firefox 5.0 and Chrome 14 on Ubuntu 11.04.
Performance is terrible. In Chrome, panning the circuit doesn't properly erase the last frame, resulting in muck. Very slow on FF5.02 votes
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