I know some people with scoff at me, but eagle is that that old scatter gun my highschool girlfriends dad had.

I think that if Fritzing fixed it's really stupid wiring layout, or offered a more true schematic layout, that it would blow the doors of eagle in short order. an eagle Fritzing hybrid.Īlas, eagle has such a huge following, there has not been a new version that is easy to use. What you want is about 3 or 4 generations newer of eagle. Search this forum for software, schematic software and read as much as you can. What you really do want, is a program that will allow you to produce a set of gerbers so you can send to a board house to make your boards.

That will get you productive far faster than any schematic software. If you are just a hobbyiest, then get a Ticonderoga #2 and some paper and a scanner or smart phone. the other reason is that so many people use it, there are a ton who tell you it is something you should check out. I suspect that eagle has such a huge following for two reasons, 10 years ago, it was one of the only free packages. hard to get a job if you do not know how to use it. if you plan on doing this for years, and possibly be employed in this industry, then Eagle has such a large following, it is like Microsoft Word.

once you spend that kind of time, you are hard pressed to go to any other program.Įven the guru's on here will tell you they are good with it, but not masters.īut. If there is one thing this hobby is lacking is a good schematic program.Įagle has a ton of followers, and every one will tell you they spent a good 100 hours to just figure out the basics and that there is no easy way to learn it. I see people posting nice diagrams with arduinos, breadboards, circuits.etc.

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