Schematic drawing program

**HenrikOlsson** · - 21st March 2011, 19:52

I use EAGLE, they have a free version available (with limitations) and then various licenses depending on what you need. It involves a bit of a learnig curve but so does all programs of this kind.

Other popular programs are KiCAD, which is free and open source, and DIPTrace which has various versions available.

/Henrik.

**aratti** · - 22nd March 2011, 15:09

I use TinyCad simple and complete. It is free and can be downloaded @ http://sourceforge.net/projects/tinycad/

Cheers

Al.

**david1800** · - 4th April 2011, 09:01

I tried a few free versions but decided that the time investment in Eagle was the way to go for me as it can meet all my forseeable future needs - and appears on the software accepted by many PCB manufacturers.

Originally Posted by HenrikOlsson

I use EAGLE, they have a free version available (with limitations) and then various licenses depending on what you need. It involves a bit of a learnig curve but so does all programs of this kind.

Other popular programs are KiCAD, which is free and open source, and DIPTrace which has various versions available.

/Henrik.

**falingtrea** · - 4th April 2011, 19:07

I have been playing with Dip Trace. They just released a beta version with 3D board modeling.

http://diptrace.com/download.php

Also, here is a link to an open source schematic/board design program.

http://www.freepcb.com/