[Noisebridge-discuss] creating a circuit board

[Nicholas Granado]

sweet. i'll swing by monday night then!

nick



On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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