You will not regret learning and using Kicad. I've used it for years now to design circuits and really love it. It's continued to improve over the years and is actively under development. I've used PCBWay and JLCPCB for board manufacture. Both are good though I've found JLCPCB to be a bit less expensive. In both cases shipping will probably cost you more than the boards. Both companies also do assembly for a reasonable price in case you don't want to do your own soldering. Jim On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM mwilson--- via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Colin McGregor wrote: [ ... ]
So, CAD software for electronics work that runs under Linux, is available under the GPL, what is available? I have looked at KiCad, but are there better options out there? Also, looking for learning the software in question, are there any good YouTube tutorial videos?
The one I've used is from the Debian package pcb .
At the time, it came along with the schematic design package that is now called lepton-eda.
Mostly I used the schematic design side, but I did do one very simple single-microcontroller board that was produced and worked. I found the software easy to learn from the available docs.
Kicad seems to have a good reputation, and would probably also be fine.
Usually I build circuits on general-purpose pre-printed PCBs like
https://www.creatroninc.com/product/11-x-6-3cm-fr4-prototyping-board-with-tr... .
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