I have seen quite a few boards using the Rotary Encoder RGB Illuminated (COM-10982) sold by Sparkfun. We would like to have support for this part in Copper, but we couldn’t find it. The manufacturer didn’t have a CAD model either. So we created it ourselves using Fusion 360. Awesome software it is. The part […]

We just released version 1.1.2. This is mainly a bugfix release, although we added a few minor features. How to update: If you have bought Copper in Mac App Store just download the update (as usual) from the Mac App Store Application. If you downloaded a Trial or have bought it in our own store, […]

Before we begin: Thank you so much for your very positive feedback either per email or as ratings and reviews in the App Store. That is so motivating! Releasing a software is always a very exciting experience as you never know if users love your app or think it’s a piece of crap. It looks like Copper seems […]

UPDATE (May 5, 2016): It’s now possible to import (custom) STEP models. It’s available in 1.3 which is in now in open beta. More info can be found here: Importing CAD 3D models. UPDATE (January 11, 2016): We recently got the foundation of this feature working: STEP import! Importing your own models, sharing them with […]

Now that Coppers initial version is released to the public I want to give an outlook of what will be the next few steps. Copper has been developed from scratch and from the ground up to be a native Mac OS X Cocoa Application. It uses latest Apple technology and I will do so in the future. […]

Today, Copper has been approved for Mac App Store. And to celebrate the release of Copper it’ll be available for a limited time for just 24,99 Euro/USD. Thank you very much beta testers for downloading and testing Copper. With your help I could fix a few nasty bugs and I think I could release a […]

It all started with quite a complex PCB that I have been developing with Eagle CAD. A 4-Layer PCB with a lot of parts (>100) and quite a few ICs with a lot of pins. All these traces, all this pins and pads. There are so many possibilities to screw it up, that I always thought about […]