Re: PIC Board - Schematic Editor

Robert Pearce <[email protected]> Sun, 28 May 2006 23:22:23 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.microcontrollers.gnupic
Organization Very little
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On Sun, 28 May 2006 12:10:46 -0400
Martin Klingensmith <[email protected]> wrote:

> I use Eagle. Many others do as well. You can draw a schematic and it 
> will transfer the nets to a board for you to arrange.
> http://www.cadsoftusa.com/
> Outputs gerbers as well. The free version can do boards of size 160x100mm.

I also use Eagle, and find it an excellent product. It's not open source, but they do have something of the community feel, in that (at least on www.cadsoft.de) there are open repositories of component libraries and add-on tools provided by users. I've used it both for home etching (laser printer on transparencies) and to produce gerbers for a professional PCB house.

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Rob Pearce