It is with great sadness that we share the news that our long-time community member Peter Van Epp passed away on February 9th. His family has kindly informed us of his passing.
For nearly a decade, Peter was one of the most dedicated and generous members of this forum. He spent countless hours helping others, sharing his expertise, and making this community welcoming for newcomers and experienced users alike. His patience, knowledge, and warmth touched all of us.
We will miss him deeply. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
I have deep sadness right now knowing that @vanepp is no longer with us. As soon as I read this i understood that it was the gentleman who assisted me many times with requests and problems which i could not solve by myself; my projects would likely have been abandoned if it was not for his direction. If it helps to know, I am just an unknown from a small English village with very little training or education but with a deep fascination for circuitry and programming. I feel I have mastered programming but I needed to understand how to build circuits and fritzing with @vanepp has been the only way i have been able to gain understanding of it - other pcb design platforms made me feel terrible about myself, almost dyslexic in my understanding or confusion. I am deeply grateful for Mr Van Epp and his kindness and I will recognise his contribution to my learning. I hope you have a nice comfortable electronics lab up there sir.
Wow, sad news. Peter helped me by drawing some parts, and he just offered, no dumb down patronising comments like you might find on other forums. I was really grateful, as it moved my project on. I was an early adopter of Fritzing way back pre v1 days, and I still like it, support it with paid upgrades, and although KiCad and others are more popular, I do hope Fritzing keeps going and inspire tinkerers everywhere. Thanks again Peter, what a wonderful man you were.
I just read now about that. I’m really sad reading this news. I often used his help on finding/drawing the right component. And I’m sorry not to have helped him in reverse. The Fritzing community will miss you, Peter.
You were the most helpful person I have ever met online. I was never able to meet you in person. But your patience and helpfulness in creating the parts were overwhelming.
You helped me so patiently with creating the components for the Calliope that I was often embarrassed when I had to keep asking about the simplest things.
But you calmly explained, again and again, the meaning of the layers and the naming of the objects in the SVG file.
For my small projects, I was able to use many parts from you that were not in the official sources.
I only read this post now and as others before me had said, Peter was an amazing person and helped so many with his knowledge. I always admired how quick and efficient he solved the issues at hand and how kindly Peter guided us if necessary.
Peter will be missed as a person as well as for his amazing knowledge.