PCB design software recommendations?

[Alistair MacDonald]

A quick question...

KCad, Autodesk Eagle, or other? What am I best using?

Yes I have asked this before, but it must have been 8 years ago, and I can't even remember what the outcome was.

All the best,

  Alistair

[Alex Beardmore]

I find Kicad meets all my needs.

I started out using Eagle but I didn't see anything worth paying for.

Alex

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[Dan Nixon]

I second KiCad.

- It is feature complete, i.e. you could lay out the same board in KiCad as you could in Altium or Eagle.

- It is FLOSS.

- It is generally well managed and resourced, as such will likely not go away any time soon and has seen noticeable improvement since I started using it.

Library/custom part management is still a bit of an arse compared to other packages, but there are a lot of libraries available for most common parts so unless you are using something obscure you will probably have limited exposure to this anyway.

Dan

[David Pye]

Third kicad. Prefer to eagle these days.

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[Alistair MacDonald]

Well that is clear. Thank you all.

I was being drawn to KiCad because it was open. I have full Eagle access through work but that can vanish. I also forgot about the RS Designspark offering, but that requires a free account that can vanish, so I am not keen.

All the best,

  Alistair

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[Brian Degger]

Fritzing is also an option, for a narrow use case.  

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[Alistair MacDonald]

I occasionally use an old version of Fritzing for quick diagrams, but it is now a pay for thing. :-(

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  Alistair

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