[Noisebridge-discuss] creating a circuit board

[Jake]

fuck eagle!  didn't you hear Richard Stallman's talk?  Why would you use a 
payware software that is closed source?  You are not even being allowed 
the freedom to know what instructions you're putting on your computer.

And if a friend asks you for a copy, you have to either tell them no, 
which is a terrible thing to do, or give them an illegal copy, which is 
also a bad choice.

The right thing to do is to use KiCAD or gEDA, both of which are free 
software, free as in speech AND free as in beer.

I have been using KiCAD, and after a really frustrating learning period (i 
have used McCAD and PCAD before) I have finally figured out how it works, 
and i can say I am pleased with it.  It still is frustrating at times but 
the worst is over, and overall I don't think it's worse than any other 
program.  I have never been able to operate Eagle, maybe i'm dumb.

One thing I like about KiCAD is that it uses the keyboard a lot.  i 
dislike having to use the mouse for things that could be done with the 
keyboard.  You still CAN use the mouse for everything, but you don't have 
to.

I will be working on a circuitboard almost every time i come to 
noisebridge from now on.  That will usually be monday nights and tuesday 
all day, and sometimes wednesday.  I invite you to see how i do it.

Also you can ask Hao who has been working on the robot, he is good with 
KiCAD.

-jake

Nicholas Granado wrote:
is there a class given at noisebridge on using eagle and making circuit
boards?

nick