Hi,
There are several free EDA tools around and some excellent FOSS tools such as KiCad and gEDA but reason I thought people might be interested in this one, EasyEDA, in these days of austerity, is because it has a few twists to it.
i) it's web based so, with nothing except a bit of javascript to install, it can be used by Linux, Mac and Windows users and - if they have a big enough screen - Android and iOS users too;
ii) work can be shared and - with a bit of agreement on who saves what, when via a 3rd party instant messaging service- it supports collaboration;
iii) all use of the tool is free even to the point where the user can download PCB Gerbers and send them off to any PCB supplier;
iv) it also offers a low cost PCB service: PCBs can be ordered directly from within the tool (this seems to be the way the money is made to keep the whole thing afloat);
v) it can even be used without registering with files being saved in an Anonymous mode that works a bit like pastebin where files can be retrieved and shared just by their urls.
There are lots of examples including one that the valve (tube) folks might like to play with:
2x30W EL34 tube amplifier simulation
There's a useful tutorial
There are still some rough edges to it but it seems pretty useable, easy to drive and well worth an hour or so's playtime!
There are several free EDA tools around and some excellent FOSS tools such as KiCad and gEDA but reason I thought people might be interested in this one, EasyEDA, in these days of austerity, is because it has a few twists to it.
i) it's web based so, with nothing except a bit of javascript to install, it can be used by Linux, Mac and Windows users and - if they have a big enough screen - Android and iOS users too;
ii) work can be shared and - with a bit of agreement on who saves what, when via a 3rd party instant messaging service- it supports collaboration;
iii) all use of the tool is free even to the point where the user can download PCB Gerbers and send them off to any PCB supplier;
iv) it also offers a low cost PCB service: PCBs can be ordered directly from within the tool (this seems to be the way the money is made to keep the whole thing afloat);
v) it can even be used without registering with files being saved in an Anonymous mode that works a bit like pastebin where files can be retrieved and shared just by their urls.
There are lots of examples including one that the valve (tube) folks might like to play with:
2x30W EL34 tube amplifier simulation
There's a useful tutorial
There are still some rough edges to it but it seems pretty useable, easy to drive and well worth an hour or so's playtime!
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Looks interesting - what's the learning curve like for someone who has basic Eagle Cad knowledge?
Hi Jaimo,
I've not used Eagle but I can attest that EasyEDA is much simpler to get up to speed with than gEDA and KiCad.
To help get people started, there's a good tutorial here: EasyEDA tutorial 140224
and a couple of articles that very quickly demonstrate simple but complete projects here:
EasyEDA: Free online EDA ? Product how-to | EDN
How to Draw Circuit Diagram - PCB Layout and Simulate Circuit Online
Expect an upgrade in the next few days with some very powerful new library search features.
🙂
I've not used Eagle but I can attest that EasyEDA is much simpler to get up to speed with than gEDA and KiCad.
To help get people started, there's a good tutorial here: EasyEDA tutorial 140224
and a couple of articles that very quickly demonstrate simple but complete projects here:
EasyEDA: Free online EDA ? Product how-to | EDN
How to Draw Circuit Diagram - PCB Layout and Simulate Circuit Online
Expect an upgrade in the next few days with some very powerful new library search features.
🙂
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