[sdiy] PCB/Schematic software

[Veronica Merryfield]

I'll second Kicad. I use it for work and play. There is a very active and responsive user group and developer group. It has it's quirks but most systems do.

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On 2011-08-31, at 12:20 PM, Tim Parkhurst <tim.parkhurst at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Harry,
> 
> I'll put in a vote for KiCAD. It has it's quirks, but it is easy to
> use, generates very nice output, and it's free. I've used it for all
> my Magic Smoke boards. Not sure whether it'll take an LTspice netlist
> though. That would be a cool feature if it did.
> 
> Definitely worth a look though.
> 
> Tim (wasn't LTspice the one who married Beckham?) Servo
> -- 
> "Sire, the church of God is an anvil that has worn out many hammers."
> - H.L. Hastings
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Harry Bissell <harrybissell at wowway.com> wrote:
>> Haven't we all been here before...
>> 
>> My Hiwire II software is becoming REALLY long in the tooth (its a DOS program
>> which is difficult to impossible to run beyond WIN98. That said it is a pretty
>> bug-free solution for schematic / netlist / PCB artwork / Gerber output
>> 
>> What does anyone like these days ?
>> 
>> Does anyone know of a PCB package that will take an LTspice netlist as input ?
>> 
>> I'm looking at DesignSpark (RS /Allied) now.
>> 
>> Free is a good thing.
>> 
>> I run under windows (whatever, XP, 7 etc)
>> 
>> Let the wild post-fest begin...
>> 
>> H^) harry
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