[Ground-station] How are we set for layout tools?

[John Ackermann]

I've switched from Eagle to KiCad and have come to rely on snapeda.com for symbols/footprints for parts that aren't available in the dedault libraries.  They have many, many available for free, and they'll make custom parts for I think $20 if you're desperate or rich.  And they have an on-line tool that will convert Eagle libraries to KiCad.

YMMV.

John

On Jul 26, 2020, 7:45 PM, at 7:45 PM, Jeffrey Pawlan via Ground-Station <ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
>I briefly looked at KiCAD but chose to look for something else that had
>access to already built parts libraries.  I cannot afford Altium or
>PADS as I am long retired. So I got a free educational license for the
>EAGLE latest version from Autodesk.  Good news is that it is free and
>that there are a very large number of libraries and converters to make
>suitable footprints and symbols obtained from device manufacturers into
>a working Eagle library.  The bad news is that Eagle is horribly buggy
>and the documentation is extremely limited.  It has taken me two weeks
>to make two switching and low noise power supply schematics and boards.
>It seems that Eagle sometimes moves vias or pad when you reopen the
>saved file. I wish I could afford something not buggy. However, I am
>only making analog boards so I do not need the density or the
>autorouter found in something like Altium or Cadence. 
>
>I look forward to reading other suggestions.
>
>73,
>
>Jeffrey Pawlan  WA6KBL
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