PCB Design Tools
Comments recommend and compare PCB/EDA software like KiCad, Eagle, Horizon EDA, LibrePCB, EasyEDA, and Altium, discussing UI, ease of use, libraries, and suitability for hobbyists and professionals.
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Check out Horizon EDA. It's basically Kicad with a much saner UI.
T#;DR : also try KiCad (or Eagle).
DesignSpark PCB for me. Eagle has probably the worst UI in existence. I've not used Fritzing but it looks overly simplistic.
this resonates. i will share that i'm trying out and having luck with flux.ai. it's not perfect, but for a small hobby project and someone with little experience and not getting far quickly in kicad, it works. i have a pcb in-hand from jlcpcb right now and it works. it also introduces some of the shared features discussed above. (i don't work for them, just looking for something that would let me do a fairly fast PoC)
Has anyone had the chance to compare with kicad?Found in prior HN comments: (2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23059615librepcb 'comparison': https://librepcb.org/faq/#why-should-i-use-librepcb
You should try Kicad. Similar problem with libraries, except making new footprints is my favorite part of the suite. It is a pleasure to use.
Shameless plug: Also check out https://librepcb.org/ :)
How does KiCad compare to Eagle?
+1 for EasyEDA, way simpler to learn for me as well.
I'd love a tool like this for PCB design/layout