PCB design software for newbies?

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no-spam2@lycos.com - 05 Oct 2006 10:43 GMT

I want to make a couple of small and simple electronic circuit boards
(PCBs) and was wondering which software is out there *which is easy to
use*?
I have no previous experience in using such software, and from the
software I've already downloaded and tried out it seems pretty
overwhelming and complicated. Anything more user-friendly and
entry-level than the following?:

-CADsoft Eagle light
-McCAD EDS lite
-Epoxy
-Osmond PCB
-kiCAD

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Dennis Clark - 09 Oct 2006 22:51 GMT

: I want to make a couple of small and simple electronic circuit boards
: (PCBs) and was wondering which software is out there *which is easy to
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
: overwhelming and complicated. Anything more user-friendly and
: entry-level than the following?:

: -CADsoft Eagle light
: -McCAD EDS lite
: -Epoxy
: -Osmond PCB
: -kiCAD

You've found more than I did when searching... Quite frankly I doubt that
you'll find anything easier or more intuitive to use the Osmond. I've used
a bunch on both Mac and PC and Osmond wins hands down. It even comes with
a reasonably easy to follow tutorial that covers all of the major high points
to getting started.

DLC

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PCB design software for newbies?