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Subject: KiCAD

From: "Wayne C. Gramlich" <Yahoo@...>
Date: 2006-03-17

All:

After seeing all those posts on Eagle and its board size
limitations, I just thought I'd let people know that there
is an open source PCB program called KiCAD. Here's the URL:

<http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/>

The short summary is:

- Multi-platform -- Windows, Linux, etc.
- Schematic Capture
- PCB's up to 16 copper layers and no board size limits
- Gerber viewer
- An active (and growing) Yahoo support group

I haven't designed a board with it yet, but I've gone through
a tutorial and it does not seem to have any show stoppers for
me.

Enjoy,

-Wayne