[sdiy] Schematics Software

[Peter Pearson]

This is a good cross comparison:

http://hackaday.com/2016/09/21/creating-a-pcb-in-everything-introduction/

Contextual Electronics also has a really good KiCad primer here for free:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN_Y93RTdSo&list=PLy2022BX6Eso532xqrUxDT1u2p4VVsg-q

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Guess when I tried Eagle it seemed like it was uncorfortable living in an
> alien shell in MAc OS, lol. But so is diptrace, has to run within Wine...
>
> Kinda liking that KiCad doesn't, I'm gonna continue checking it out :)
>
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:57 PM, Dave Leith <dave.leith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mac I've used this:
>>
>> http://www.osmondpcb.com/
>>
>> The program is fully functional and allows you to design boards up to 700
>> pins without restriction. If your design has over 700 pins, you will need
>> to purchase a license to print, or to output Gerber files, or to output
>> Postscript files.
>>
>> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Eagle is not super Mac friendly though..  Maybe you guys are right, I
>>> should just try to get what I want out of diptrace which I already know a
>>> little bit
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 3:41 PM, <rsdio at audiobanshee.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I recommend Eagle. It is supported directly by many PCB fab houses, and
>>>> that's quite an advantage. I learned Eagle when the free version was
>>>> perhaps more capable, and I eventually purchased a full license. I'm not
>>>> sure how the free version stacks up against the competition these days, but
>>>> I still think Eagle is worth learning.
>>>>
>>>> Tom has a great point: It might be quicker to learn the tool you have.
>>>> All of these CAD programs take time to learn. If you jump around, you won't
>>>> have the advantage of deep learning on any one of them. Whichever one you
>>>> choose, though, be sure to learn as much as you can and take advantage of
>>>> the various communities around the tools, such as the CADSoft and Element14
>>>> sites for Eagle.
>>>>
>>>> By the way, the stock Eagle libraries have two different symbols for
>>>> resistors (and capacitors), calling them European and US. I use the box
>>>> symbols for 0-Ohm jumpers and other option jumpers, while I use the zig-zag
>>>> symbol for "real" resistors. Both symbols are attached to the same package
>>>> footprints, so the layout is not affected by the difference - just the
>>>> schematic printout. I find that it makes more sense to me to see an empty
>>>> rectangle any time I'm looking at an option jumper, even if it is populated
>>>> during assembly by a 0-Ohm resistor. The zig-zag only appears in the
>>>> schematic where there is an actual V=IR equation to solve. I've also build
>>>> my own devices, packages, and symbols in Eagle. The synth world has lots of
>>>> interesting and unique parts like OTA (although I believe Eagle already has
>>>> OTA devices in the standard libraries, or at least in the community
>>>> libraries that can be downloaded).
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On May 19, 2017, at 11:41 AM, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > What's wrong with the Diptrace schematics? (Personally, I find them
>>>> pretty good). You could tweak the symbols or colours to get them more how
>>>> you like them, couldn't you?
>>>> >
>>>> > It seems to me it'd be a lot quicker to make what you've got better,
>>>> rather than start again with something else.
>>>> >
>>>> > Tom
>>>> >
>>>> > On 19 May 2017, at 19:18, Quincas Moreira <quincas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >> Hello friends,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I need to make a nice looking schematics for the build doc for a
>>>> module kit. I have diptrace but I don't really like the way the schematics
>>>> end up looking. Normally I use icircuit on my ipad, but the library is
>>>> limited and not expandable, and I need OTA symbols...   Are there any
>>>> decent free schematics drawing apps you folks might recommend?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Cheers
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Synth-diy mailing list
>>>> Synth-diy at synth-diy.org
>>>> http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Quincas Moreira
>>> Test Pilot at VBrazil Modular
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Synth-diy mailing list
>>> Synth-diy at synth-diy.org
>>> http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Quincas Moreira
> Test Pilot at VBrazil Modular
>
> _______________________________________________
> Synth-diy mailing list
> Synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://synth-diy.org/pipermail/synth-diy/attachments/20170519/7c7cfcf8/attachment.htm>