[TriEmbed] Lowest learning curve to design a board?

[The MacDougals]

I started with Eagle.  Quickly got frustrated and tried Fritzing, which did the job for the board I needed.  On seeing that OSHPark accepts Eagle board files, I went back to Eagle.

They now accept Eagle, KiCad, or gerbers.  I watched some YouTube tutorials on Eagle and that helped immensely.

 

I am still using a free version of Eagle, but it seems that they are wanting people to pay for even the basics.

 

If you have not learned a CAD program yet, I would recommend KiCad (I have never used it) because it is open source and supported.

 

If you want help with Eagle, I would be happy to work with you.

 

---> Paul

 

 

 

From: TriEmbed <triembed-bounces at triembed.org> On Behalf Of jonathan hunsberger via TriEmbed
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(trying to make this fit in the triembed 250k limit..)

On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 3:45 PM jonathan hunsberger <1101010 at gmail.com <mailto:1101010 at gmail.com> > wrote:

Thanks for all the info. I'm playing around with EasyEDA at the moment and will see where i can get.  I did hack this together with pre-perforated circuit board in a lock-n-lock (see pic).  Now i'd like to make it more compact and repeatable and maybe make a 3d-printed shell for it.  This is for a project <https://github.com/jrhunger/dialamemory>  where you can dial numbers on a rotary phone and play audio samples.  There is one in the Cocoa Cinnamon on Hillsborough Rd in Durham, but for that one i took the insides out and wired everything directly to the receiver/dial.  The newer version (pictured and which i'm trying to make a board for) uses a SLIC board so an unmodified phone can plug into it.  I'm sure i will get it wrong a few times before i get it right. :)

 



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