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If you think Altium is bad, you've never used Orcad. If you think Orcad is good, you've never used Eagle.
by cushychicken 10y ago
If you think Altium is bad, you've never used Orcad.
If you think Orcad is good, you've never used Eagle.
- bass_case 10y agoIf you think eagle is good, you've never used KiCad.
- StavrosK 10y agoSeriously, I love KiCAD. So much better than eagle, and open source.
- cushychicken 10y agoI'd love a recommendation for a good KiCad intro tutorial. I tried to just hack through learning it once and I couldn't pick it up. Any suggestions?
- dan1234 10y agoI used a YouTube playlist[0] to get the basics down, goes from installing KiCad through to soldering a finished board. [0]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy2022BX6Eso532xqrUxDT1u2p4VVsg-q https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy2022BX6Eso532xqrUxD...
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- cushychicken 10y agoThank you! I'll check this out! Edit: ...is that Chris Gammell? How did I not know this was a thing he made?
- phyllostachys 10y agoHe became something of a huge KiCad evangelist there a while back. I've heard that this list and Contextual Electronics are pretty good. I think he still works for parts.io too.
- codewritinfool 10y agoFor home use, I use Diptrace. Bad name, maybe, but excellent software and the price is right.
- jc4p 10y agoWhat's the learning curve on newer tools for someone who has been using EAGLE for years? I'm scared of change.
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- iamcreasy 10y agoTell me if I got this right. Altium is better then Orcad, and Eagle is better then Orcad. So which one is better between Altium and Eagle?
- aceperry 10y agoNo comparison, Altium is much better than Eagle, especially for professional work. I haven't used Orcad in a long time, but back then, Orcad was much better than Altium. Nowadays, Orcad is priced beyond mortals, Altium is relatively affordable, and Eagle is cheap. Kicad is free and considered equivalent to Eagle.
- uola 10y ago> Altium is relatively affordable, and Eagle is cheap For reference Altium is still around $7500 plus $1500 per year for updates and Eagle without board restrictions is $1600.
- cushychicken 10y agoWhoops, I meant to imply that Orcad is better than Eagle. I really just find it hard to do hobby projects in Eagle because I'm so used to Orcad's workflow by now. All the shortcuts are different. :(
- dboreham 10y agoSomewhat amazing that when I left hardware design more than 20 years ago we were using Orcad (Eagle existed too iirr).