- Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:16 pm
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Anyone used KiCad? (PCB design software)
I've been "playing" with it... very impressed... but don't want to spend (more) hours and discover down the road that it has some major deal breaker.
Free. Open Source. Versions for Windows (I use it with XP), Linux, Mac. (A while ago, someone didn't like the Mac version, but it is an evolving product. Anyone use the current KiCad happily on a Mac?)
Beginnings of a tutorial collection at...
http://KiCadHowTo.wikidot.com
(Edit to post, later: Route I hope you will use for that (to wake up search engines!) is now....
http://KiCadHowTo.org
Tutorials now include a "First session" tutorial (was there from start) and guidance on creating your own schematic symbols and PCB footprints... both of which you should master early on, whatever PCB CAD you want to use. And (work in progress at 6 Nov!): information on "invisible pins" (power ports) and multi-gate devices, e.g. 7400 quad NAND.
I've been "playing" with it... very impressed... but don't want to spend (more) hours and discover down the road that it has some major deal breaker.
Free. Open Source. Versions for Windows (I use it with XP), Linux, Mac. (A while ago, someone didn't like the Mac version, but it is an evolving product. Anyone use the current KiCad happily on a Mac?)
Beginnings of a tutorial collection at...
http://KiCadHowTo.wikidot.com
(Edit to post, later: Route I hope you will use for that (to wake up search engines!) is now....
http://KiCadHowTo.org
Tutorials now include a "First session" tutorial (was there from start) and guidance on creating your own schematic symbols and PCB footprints... both of which you should master early on, whatever PCB CAD you want to use. And (work in progress at 6 Nov!): information on "invisible pins" (power ports) and multi-gate devices, e.g. 7400 quad NAND.
Last edited by Sheepdog on Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:47 am, edited 2 times in total.
Arduino "How To"s at http://bit.ly/ArduHowTo