[ML-General] Which (free) Linux electrical cad software?

[Chris Hunt]

During an interview with Sanmina SCI, they described "Eagle."  See url:
http://www.cadsoftusa.com/eagle-pcb-design-software/about-eagle/
They mentioned it having a free hobbyist version, and is very powerful.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:08 AM, Tim H <crashcartpro at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use "GEDA" for building circuits and pcbs, but will admit that it has
> almost NONE of the features you've requested. (never trust the autorouter)
> "KiCAD" has more active development, and may have some of those features
> at this point.
> I agree with Josh though, "Fritzing" is probably going to be the prettiest
> and easiest to use of the bunch.
>
> -Tim
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://fritzing.org/home/
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:51 AM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to document some circuits.
>>>
>>> Part A is block diagrams with a name for each block and maybe a place to
>>> write it's function in text.  Color support for the interconnects would
>>> be nice.
>>>
>>> Part B is maybe a Spice-like circuit analysis, drawn from the block
>>> diagram level and drill down to each individual IC and component.  it
>>> would be great if it has a library of IC's and components with their
>>> electrical characteristics available.  Thermocouples are involved, as
>>> well as their analog voltages being measured and converted into an I2C
>>> signal for reading by a Beaglebone Black or Raspberry Pi 2.  Color
>>> support (and stripes) for the actual wires would be very nice.
>>>
>>> Rubber banding of wiring and connections is mandatory.  :)
>>>
>>> So what do you guys suggest so that I may make pretty documents for
>>> these circuits?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David Merchant
>>>
>>>
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