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Re:Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at w... by bass_case on Sunday September 04, 2016 @01:56AM (#12422954)
If you think eagle is good, you've never used KiCad.
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Re:Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at w... by StavrosK on Sunday September 04, 2016 @07:43AM (#12423851)
Seriously, I love KiCAD. So much better than eagle, and open source.
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Re:Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at w... by cushychicken on Sunday September 04, 2016 @09:52AM (#12424306)
I'd love a recommendation for a good KiCad intro tutorial. I tried to just hack through learning it once and I couldn't pick it up. Any suggestions?
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Re:Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at w... by dan1234 on Sunday September 04, 2016 @10:14AM (#12424433)
I used a YouTube playlist[0] to get the basics down, goes from installing KiCad through to soldering a finished board.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy2022BX6Eso532xqrUxD...

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Re:Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at w... by cushychicken on Sunday September 04, 2016 @01:25PM (#12425534)
Thank you! I'll check this out!

Edit: ...is that Chris Gammell? How did I not know this was a thing he made?

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Re:Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at w... by phyllostachys on Sunday September 04, 2016 @09:59PM (#12427672)
He became something of a huge KiCad evangelist there a while back. I've heard that this list and Contextual Electronics are pretty good. I think he still works for parts.io too.
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Re:Ask HN: What does an electrical engineer actually do at w... by codewritinfool on Sunday September 04, 2016 @01:38PM (#12425622)
For home use, I use Diptrace. Bad name, maybe, but excellent software and the price is right.
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