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

[Steve Conklin]

+1 for KiCAD. I've used a number of EDA tools over the years, and
transitioned from being a long-term user of Eagle to KiCAD. After what I
thought was a reasonable period of frustration learning the new tool, I
found that I'm way more productive with KiCAD. In particular, I don't
consider it big deal now to create smbols and footprints when I can't find
them. The incremental improvements that KiCAD has seen as a project are
also really impressive, with any stability problems.

I'm available to do smallish board design projects (or help with review or
things like component libraries).

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 7:26 AM John Ackermann via Ground-Station
<ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:

> Agreed... KiCad has come along tremendously and has support from several
> significant players, including Digikey, which is important since Eagle
> seems to be on a death spiral (at least for hobbyists) since the AutoDesk
> acquisition and the switch to subscription pricing.
> On Jul 27, 2020, at 12:19 AM, Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com> wrote:
>>
>> CERN, among others, made a significant investment into bringing KiCAD up
>> to speed. We are reaching the breakpoint at which it becomes a suitable
>> replacement for proprietary tools. Whether that is the current release, the
>> next, or one after is dependent on your application. I suggest that you
>> give it a thorough evaluation.
>>
>>>
>>>
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