Which PCB Software do you use?

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michaelkellett over 5 years ago +5

@Christopher - you really should add an "other" option to this pole. There are dozens of PCB CAD systems - and Altium make 2 ! I use EasyPC - cheap, simple and reliable - in 17 or 18 years an upgrade has…
colporteur over 5 years ago +4

Sorry where is Frtizing? Eagle was my preferred choice but subscriptions are only supported in MS Windows.
baldengineer over 5 years ago +4

Many years ago, I was an EAGLE user. I transitioned to KiCad about 5 years ago. At this stage, I would like to understand the reasons and benefits to consider moving to Altium. The reason I'm considering…

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Fred27 over 5 years ago

I didn't even realise you could layout a PCB in Fritzing, but it seems you can. This Hackaday article gives a run down of using it. You can probably tell from the title, they weren't a fan compared to the alternatives. The series gave a nice overview of the available tools.
https://hackaday.com/2016/10/11/creating-a-pcb-in-everything-friends-dont-let-friends-use-fritzing/
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cstanton over 5 years ago in reply to Fred27

I tried fritzing for this.
I found it crashed a lot
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colporteur over 5 years ago in reply to cstanton

How I used Fritzing, is not a fair assessment of the software.

I had a PCB board layout from eagle but couldn't extract the content. I used Fritizing to hand-bomb the traces on a board the correct dimensions. For those old enough to remember, it was similar to manually masking out traces on a copper board using the drafting tape (you forget things after 30 years). Fritzing took care of the component sizes for hole spacing. The few times I tried to use the software to generate the traces, it made connection to points I found in error.

I had hoped to reverse engineer the schematic from the layout but that failed miserably.

I deployed Fritizing from a package using the GUI package management tool on Ubuntu 18.04. The way I used Fritizing is not an evaluation of its capabilities. I needed a board masked. The board wasn't complicated, so using the software to create a two sided board without manual tool was easier.
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colporteur over 5 years ago in reply to cstanton

How I used Fritzing, is not a fair assessment of the software.

I had a PCB board layout from eagle but couldn't extract the content. I used Fritizing to hand-bomb the traces on a board the correct dimensions. For those old enough to remember, it was similar to manually masking out traces on a copper board using the drafting tape (you forget things after 30 years). Fritzing took care of the component sizes for hole spacing. The few times I tried to use the software to generate the traces, it made connection to points I found in error.

I had hoped to reverse engineer the schematic from the layout but that failed miserably.

I deployed Fritizing from a package using the GUI package management tool on Ubuntu 18.04. The way I used Fritizing is not an evaluation of its capabilities. I needed a board masked. The board wasn't complicated, so using the software to create a two sided board without manual tool was easier.
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