<div dir="auto">Kicad is the way.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There's a free version of Diptrace which can be easier to get started with but depending on the number of pins it can get medium expensive. I recommend that if you find kicad difficult and are willing to spend a little money, but you should try kicad first.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kicad still had some UI quirks but is extremely powerful at this point.</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 12, 2024, 10:41 PM <<a href="mailto:tamedogs@wildcats.com">tamedogs@wildcats.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D"><div class="m_5210029315913837541WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have a number of 45 year old blue line schematics that I want to capture on the computer before they disintegrate or fade away entirely from age.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Using search engine, I see a number of freeware schematic and PCB layout packages available.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Is the any consensus here as to what is the best software to use?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I downloaded the first package I came across (KiCad). I wonder if something else might be better.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dana<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>________________________________________________________<br>
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