[sdiy] [OT?] Schematic capture from hand-drawn circuit diagrams

[Oren Leavitt]

On 11/3/20 3:23 PM, Gordonjcp wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 11:28:14PM -0700, Jimmy Moore wrote:
>> Does anyone know whether any tools or techniques exist for converting a
>> physical circuit sketch to a digital representation?  I'm imagining
>> something like OCR, but for circuit symbols?
>>
>> I have next to zero background in this area, but was still surprised by how
>> little work exists in this area:
> It's probably quickest and easiest just to draw them into something like Kicad and skip the messy business of attempting to OCR them.
>

Kicad works great for me. When I'm prototyping something on the 
workbench, I'm usually updating a schematic in Kicad as I go.

As for scans of old schematics, I'll just take the time to recreate them 
manually in Kicad. This also lets me study and get familiar with the 
circuit if it's something new.

- Oren