--- title: Doom hits KiCad as PCB traces become demons and doors description: An engineer created a vector renderer that displays Doom using KiCad PCB design software, where game frames are rendered as copper traces and components. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/doom-hits-kicad-as-pcb-traces-become-demons-and-doors-ieiqagdsv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Doom hits KiCad as PCB traces become demons and doors | daily.dev og:description: An engineer created a vector renderer that displays Doom using KiCad PCB design software, where game frames are rendered as copper traces and components. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/doom-hits-kicad-as-pcb-traces-become-demons-and-doors-ieiqagdsv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IEiQAGDSv.png og:image:alt: Doom hits KiCad as PCB traces become demons and doors og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Doom hits KiCad as PCB traces become demons and doors **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An engineer created a vector renderer that displays Doom using KiCad PCB design software, where game frames are rendered as copper traces and components. The project renders walls as PCB traces and game objects as electronic components at 25 fps on an M1 MacBook Pro. As a follow-up, the engineer also rendered Doom on an oscilloscope by routing the vector output through a MacBook's headphone jack, creating a recognizable wireframe display of the game. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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