what schematic and component library for FreePCB ?

If you don't want Windows, switch to Kicad or gEDA.

Are they mature enough today ? Do they provide enough functionalities to design serious things ? It seems that there is so much choice or offerings with the tools that no choice is possible :-(

yg

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Serious? How about satellites? There are gEDA-designed boards out in space right now...

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TinyCAD can output netlists that can be processed by FreePCB. I do all my camera designs with this combo.

Antoon

and how does it work for component libraries ? When there are two different tools, the issue might be to generate a description that suits both schematics & layout.

(sorry if "I don't do my homework" but I'm too busy on too many fronts)

thanks,

yg

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I have run a lot of ms-windows software on Wine (linux). I have not tried FREEPCB yet, and would be interested to hear how that goes. If you prefer linux, it is worth a try.

That much is sure, all file format in FreePCB make sense and are hackable to a large extent. I have been doing some direct editing of board layouts. It works together with CVS great, and diff's make sense.

Groetjes Albert

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Here's what the developer has to say:

*-*-*-under-Linux-*-using.Wine+Importing.Netlist.Fi=les.into.FreePCB+1A+A1A+Microsoft.Windows+netlist.file+*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*.=*-*-*.*-*-will-have-*-make-the-netlist.*.*.*-*+schematic.editor+*-*-*-tedio=us+Allan.Wright+*-Macintosh.*.*-*-*-*+*-*-*-*-*.*.*.*-*-recognized-by-FreeP= CB#3 Page 3

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my

Both programs have their own libraries, and for most components I use I have (had to) design my own objects. Fortunately both programs make it really easy to roll your own.

Antoon