Re: Kicad

Hi,
I still use Eagle 6.2 and for my purpose so far it was good enough. I
haven't felt the need to upgrade it to newer versions.
Though I have planned always to try KiCAD... maybe it is the right time now.

Br
Istvan


On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 9:52 AM Baltissen, GJPAA (Ruud) <
ruud.baltissen_at_apg.nl> wrote:

> Hallo allemaal,
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> About two years (?) ago I opened a discussion about using Eagle or Kicad.
> I was thinking about switching to Kicad but I was not really motivated for
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> - There were means to convert Eagle to Kicad but not really user friendly
> and not reliable (I tried it myself).
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> - The tutorial was bad IMHO.
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> - The program itself was not really convincing.
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> During that discussion I was able to lay may hands on Eagle 7.70 and that
> ended the discussion from my side.
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> But two days ago I was looking for a part, an ATX board to be precise, on
> internet and found out that 7.70 already was old and obsolete. Paying 300
> Euro / year as hobbyist is out of the question. I found the Kicad files of
> a board I have,
> https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boards:isa:isa-backplane:start
> , so I started to have another look at Kicad again:
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> - The tutorial had been improved and was very good now.
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> - The program itself was improved as well.
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> - Most important: the conversion of Eagle files, SCH and BRD, went w/o a
> problem. I used the 8088 board for the CBM-II as a test case.
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> So I have decided to use Kicad from now on. Just to inform you.
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> With kind regards / met vriendelijke groet, Ruud Baltissen
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> http://www.baltissen.org
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