Homebrew PCBs

On 12/25/12, Harvey White <madyn@...> wrote:
>
>>Just upgraded from TurboCAD 2 (DOS, but it sort of ran on Windows up
>> through XP) to Turbocad 15. TC 2 had a nice set of board and schematic
>> libraries - TC15 didn't come with either.  Anyone out there have  usable
>> libraries for TC 15 they might be willing to share?
>
> I once used corel draw, ended up switching to eagle after trying to
> write my own PCB program.

For what it's worth, there are two completely free and very usable,
open source, cross-platform CAD packages, gEDA and KiCad.  I have been
happily using KiCad for many years.

KiCad produces gerbers, and also produces PDF and postscript files,
plus direct printing, to do the artwork for PCBs at home.

Mitch.