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<p>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. <br>
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<p>I look forward to reading other suggestions.</p>
<p>73,</p>
<p>Jeffrey Pawlan WA6KBL</p>
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