That said though, I highly recommend Fritzing for beginners looking to get into making their own boards. I just export gerber files and get them printed at iTeadStudio or Hackvana. I don't get them printed through Fritzing's fab because it's much too expensive. I can upload photos of the actual completed boards too if anyone is interested. Here are some of the latest boards I've done with it:Īrduino ISP shield (edit: oops, don't mind that 90 degree trace at the top-right. It absolutely does have its limitations (for example, only 2-layer boards) but it's still a very capable piece of software. People have this notion that Fritzing is only for small, simple projects. Since I started using it they've added a tonne of new components and the parts editor doesn't suck nearly as much as it used to, so creating new parts is easier (though it can still be tricky I'll admit). The greatest part was being able to layout your project in breadboard view and then just switch to PCB view and move components around. Someone pointed me to Fritzing and it's absolutely wonderful for beginners. When I decided I wanted to start making my own custom boards, people pointed me at Eagle but I felt it had (and still has) a very unintuitive interface.
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