/products/eagle/b/blog/posts/starting-out-with-eagleA few projects have come up recently where it would have been useful to make my own PCBs. I&#39;ve made do with breakout boards and stripboard to complete them. I also need to put together some schematics for things like my Topsy Turvy clock project. I hen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/products/eagle/b/blog/posts/starting-out-with-eagleFri, 01 May 2015 22:50:54 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3b312830-63f4-46fb-93b6-c0bf62f0667cFormer Member0<p>Great tutorial! Just what I was looking for!</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18278&AppID=69&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/products/eagle/b/blog/posts/starting-out-with-eagleTue, 24 Mar 2015 15:30:06 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3b312830-63f4-46fb-93b6-c0bf62f0667cgadget.iom1<p>I attempted to use Eagle for a project recently. There are limitations based on licence type. They restrict the board size by maximum length and maximum width rather than by surface area. My attempts to make a long narrow board was therefore a failure. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I switched back to Fritzing and was able to produce Gerbers on there without any dimensional limitations. Agree with the limitations of library components though.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18278&AppID=69&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/products/eagle/b/blog/posts/starting-out-with-eagleTue, 12 Aug 2014 22:55:11 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3b312830-63f4-46fb-93b6-c0bf62f0667csauerwald2<p>I&#39;ve been using Eagle (6.6) for almost a year now - I have the hobbyist license which is working for me but I may need to do some larger boards which will force me to move to the professional version ($$$).&nbsp;&nbsp; I also use Altium at work, so I am familiar with that package as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although there are certain things which I prefer in Altium, for the sorts of projects that I do at home, Eagle works great.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have also taken advantage of OSHpark for small volume PCB fabrication, and the combination of Eagle and OSHpark works very well.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=18278&AppID=69&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">