![]() ![]() ![]() I've seen people use fritzing before for similar things, though it may not be quite what you're looking for. Good (free) program for creating electrical schematic? Similar to this picture? looking to make schematic of my enclosure wiring. I'd recommend you check out the software called Fritzing! I quite liked it when it was not crashing.Īnyone know how to put this on breadboard? Maybe that was just my system or maybe things have improved since then though. Though last time (many years ago) I tried to use it, despite quite liking it I found it to be very unstable to the point I could not use it without it crashing many times. is another local option that is easy to use but last time I tried it would crash on me all the time making it basically unusable -.įritzing - Opensource, a simpler tool but still fully capable. The comparison is made based on several criteria: 1. While EAGLE is slightly better suited to experienced users, DipTrace is more user friendly and novice designers will prefer its UI. Post: We would like to bring to your attention a comparative analysis of DipTrace and Eagle. I know that the price doesn't seem that low, but it has a few less zeros than the big professional packages. You are more likely to find local help and sharing ability with it than with many others. Other popular option (but with a much steeper learning curve) are kcad, but I have always found that to be clunky UI. Online resources and information on DipTrace. Eagle is one of the most widely used ECAD programs at the low price end. Personally I find and easier to get started with. And yes, software companies adopt subscription due to the sole reason of maximising their profits and to have consistent flow of income, which values them in regards to shareholders.For designing them there are various tools out there. But: subscription will be the future for most if not all commercial software products and if their productivity and functionality is much better than equivalent alternative software that is not subscription based, you are screwed, as you can choose to be a) dependent on subscription or b) less productive. I agree that subscription is bullshit for the user, as you are in the hands of the software provider. Anyway, I don't want to start another discussion on free vs paid software, cloud vs non-cloud, subscription vs perpetual, etc. I was just pointing out that: a) Fusion 360 does exist and may be an alternative b) It is powerfull due to combining different manufacturing aspects c) Many of the concerns (like the ones you mention) may not be that important: Cloud based is probably as secure as using files locally (they can be victims of ransomware for example or you can delete them by acccident or the harddisk may fail, etc.) commercial application may be closed source subject to licensing, but then a typical project is developed over the period of 1-5 years - who cares about the files after that? And why should Autodesk or any other vendor stop selling their products? Finally, when you are using free/open source software, who will you complain with, when the software does not work as expected? Having access to the source code hardly means you will be able to do somthing with it, unless you are a programmer - in which case you will probably not be using the software as a user. ![]() CS has missing productivity features such as 'find similar objects' (my biggest gripe) and some minor bugs, but for smaller designs I still think its very usable. Yeh, sucker! AD is good but sometimes I miss the simpler CS interface. I've published a few small demo projects done with CS, they might help you get started: In the first COVID wave, Altium had some very good pricing for CS to AD upgrades so I jumped on that. CS PCBs can be easily imported into AD but the other way isn't so easy, although doable. So, its a good one for the CV if your trying for a seat at an Altium desk. ![]() Apparently Altium is launching an updated all-new CS but that was supposedly beta testing 18 months ago! The best bit of CS is that it has similar workflow to AD, with compatible libraries and schematics. Both of them have dropped the ball, CS could have been very good with some small effort, but they lost interest. CS was borne out of some kind of deal between Farnell/Element14 and Altium. EDA/CAD package with autorouter, Schematic Capture multi-level hierarchy, real-time DRC, 3D Preview/export, Gerber output. ![]()
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