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>How comprehensive is the part library? I don't care as long as it has the usual industry standard footprints. For anything unusual I can make my own footprint
by leptons 3y ago
>How comprehensive is the part library?
I don't care as long as it has the usual industry standard footprints. For anything unusual I can make my own footprints.
>Is there auto-routing? How good is it?
I don't care, I won't use it. It's all garbage compared to what a human can do.
>"Import formats: DXF". For what, the board outline?
Yes, or silkscreen graphics or other unusual copper pours. Some people don't even mount components on the PCB, they use it as an artistic medium.
>"Export formats: PDF, SVG, pixmap, BOM, pick&place, Gerber/Excellon". None of which have enough info for import into another EDA program.
These are the only formats I need.
Been using KiCad but I'll take a look at LibrePCB.
- bogantech 3y ago> >How comprehensive is the part library? > I don't care as long as it has the usual industry standard footprints. For anything unusual I can make my own footprints. A thousand times this. There's two kinds of people: 1: Uses library parts 2: Makes their own parts, has been bitten by the library parts being wrong (wrong pinout, footprint size etc)
- leptons 3y agoAnyone technical enough to contemplate making a PCB using discreet components or anything more than a "dev module" should already be capable of designing their own footprints.