On 06.12.17 08:57, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi, > > At https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTinker/Desktop#EDA is a list of > packages for electronics design automation. According to various > documents, Electric, Fritzing and gEDA, at least, can help to create > schematics. I use librecad but have never used schematic construction > software. Which of the EDA packages will be a good starting point? > Is any integrated with Librecad?
Because Kicad and Geda were still in early development when I needed schematic capture and PCB layout, I ended up learning Eagle, and have found it very good. It's a commercial offering, but free for private use, limited to 80 x 100 mm double sided in that version. I don't know the current price of a full version. As learning one GUI package was hard enough, I figure I'll just pay up if I should ever make a board to sell. It is a pain that the Eagle community is a newsgroup, rather than a mailing list. There are innumerable libraries of component macros on their website. I've never seen Librecad. Erik
