For newbies, I felt that KiCad seemed bit more intimidating, compared to
Eagle.
Some of the things where I fumbled and struggled (and still doing so), with
KiCad were...
1. It's not-so-familiar mechanism of drawing wires. I mean, quite different
from other generic drawing software UI style.
2. Searching for parts (even when it was in library), was a rather
hit-or-miss thing. With some obvious keywords, I couldn't find basic parts.
3. Switching between Schematic editor, and PCB/layout editor -- I was
expecting changes, parts footprints to show up on their own, but I didn't
quite get the hang of the right workflow.
... but then, for me, this was a rather giant leap from breadboard+Arduino
to something more real and down-n-dirty (or nice-n-shiny -- as one prefers).
On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 5:59 AM, dubob4432 <dubob4432@...> wrote:
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> > I have tried both Eagle and KiCAD (and a couple of others) and I
> personally like KiCAD a lot. Not just because it's free (although that is
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> > The biggest complaint I can say about KiCAD is that some of the bundled
> parts libraries aren't that great. But there are module generators online,
> and 3rd party libraries to download, and you can make your own parts very
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> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Rocko <sunblaster5@> wrote:
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> > > Kicad is open source and completely free and much better than Eagle.
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> > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 12:54 PM, MIKE DURKIN <Patriot121@> wrote:
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> > > > What software do you use?
> > > > Eagle light is 69$USD .....
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> > > > Mike KC7NOA
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> > > > To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
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> > > > Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cheap prototype PCB boards
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> > > > I just bought 10- 50x50 mm boards from SeeedStudio.com for $14- and I
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> > > > From: Electroniclab66 <electroniclab66@>
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> > > > To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
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> > > > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 4:27 AM
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> > > > Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Cheap prototype PCB boards
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> > > > Does someone here know of a very cheap PCB board producer?
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> > > > Sometimes I need more than 1 pcs and then it is much work to make the
> > > > board self. I have used boards from ...link removed... The cost
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> > > > pcs 2 layer boards max size 50x50mm. If some one here know of cheaper
> > > > boards, I could use single sided in some cases, please let me know
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