LibrePCB 0.1.7 - Hackdot

Re:LibrePCB 0.1.7 by sitzkrieg on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:56PM (#33217548)

librePCB is really great. its got a ways to go but updates like this show how quickly its accelerating. while i dont hate and use kicad a ton its always nice to have solid competition and choices in workflows and tools and cross pollination of course

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Re:LibrePCB 0.1.7 by MezzoDelCammin on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:07PM (#33217631)

Could You expand a bit on the practical difference between Kicad and librePCB? Ideally for a hobbyist/ DIYer with no high frequency stuff? When / for what use case would You pick one or the other?

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Re:LibrePCB 0.1.7 by danieleggert on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:33PM (#33217851)

https://librepcb.org/compare/

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Re:LibrePCB 0.1.7 by MezzoDelCammin on Saturday October 15, 2022 @04:13PM (#33218200)

Thanks, but what I was after was the OPs actual experience. What's "his" (or any other actual individuals) reason to use one or the other.

Stuff like "Kicad pisses me off because of X", or "librePCB really speeds up / simplifies me doing Y".

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Re:LibrePCB 0.1.7 by ghostpepper on Saturday October 15, 2022 @04:52PM (#33218529)

I appreciate that they point out the weaknesses of LibrePCB

> So, if you are looking for an intuitive EDA tool to quickly design a simple PCB, you should give LibrePCB a try. But if you want to design complex PCBs, LibrePCB is probably not (yet) the tool you are looking for.

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