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Nice GNU based schematic and PCB CAD program!

This is an interesting CAD program, with some really good examples:

 

http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/

Kicad has been developed for years. It becomes a multilingual, cross-platform and complete independent EDA tool, follows GPLv2 license. It is a set of software tools with a project manager:

  1. eeschema: Schematic Capture;
  2. PCBnew: Board Editor with 3D viewer, requires open source Wings3D as 3D modeler;
  3. Gerbview: GERBER viewer;
  4. CVPCB: footprint selector;
  5. Kicad: project manager.

And library generator

 

http://kicad.rohrbacher.net/quicklib.php

 

Some info and comments:

 

http://dev.emcelettronica.com/kicad-free-and-open-source-eda-tool

 

 

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