[Noisebridge-discuss] Electronics at Noisebridge

Rachel McConnell rachel at xtreme.com
Fri Jan 22 18:10:48 UTC 2010


I tried Fritzing a year or so ago, and found it nearly too buggy to use,
and without enough libraries of parts (and I could not figure out how to
create my own parts, or edit existing ones).  Probably it is better now.
 Let us know how it goes for you.

R

Mitch Altman wrote:
> Fritzing isn't what I had in mind for general purpose software for
> making graphic representations of electronic circuits, but if it is what
> it shows on their video (on their website), it looks like really good,
> easy to use, software for creating PCBs.  And, unlike EagleCAD, it's
> open-source.  It is also free, and works on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. 
> And it creates nice graphics for how to wire up bread boards.  I'll have
> to try it out.  Thanks for pointing it out, Lamont.
>  
> Mitch.
>  
> 
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>> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:15:46 -0800
>> From: lamont at cluepon.com
>> To: maltman23 at hotmail.com
>> CC: hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com;
> noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net; jtfoote at ieee.org
>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Electronics at Noisebridge
>>
>>
>> Would http://fritzing.org/ help?
>>
>> I've not used it, but had my eye on it to create wiring diagrams for
>> breadboard projects. It looks like it can make semi-pretty pictures:
>>
>> http://fritzing.org/projects/rgb-led-mixer/
>>
>>
>>
>> Mitch Altman wrote:
>> > I don't know any software to do non-circuit diagrams. If you
>> > find anything cool, please share.
>> >
>> > Mitch.
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------
>> > > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:42:16 -0800
>> > > From: hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com
>> > > To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>> > > CC: jtfoote at ieee.org
>> > > Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Electronics at Noisebridge
>> > >
>> > > Is there no mailing list for electronics? How have we managed that?
>> > > Don't you guys want your own haven from drama?
>> > >
>> > > I just wanted to ask someone what program they recommend for
>> > > non-circuit diagrams like this:
>> > >
>> > > http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/SimpleEEG/mainelectrodescable.gif
>> > >
>> > > qcad maybe? I apt-got that but it doesn't do all the nice
>> > > circuit-specific stuff that eagle does, so I don't know what I'd
>> > > really use it for.
>> > >
>> > > -Kelly
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