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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They now accept Eagle, KiCad, or gerbers. I watched some YouTube tutorials on Eagle and that helped immensely.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am still using a free version of Eagle, but it seems that they are wanting people to pay for even the basics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you want help with Eagle, I would be happy to work with you.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---> Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> TriEmbed <triembed-bounces@triembed.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>jonathan hunsberger via TriEmbed<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 27, 2023 3:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> Triangle Embedded Devices <TriEmbed@triembed.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TriEmbed] Lowest learning curve to design a board?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>(trying to make this fit in the triembed 250k limit..)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 3:45 PM jonathan hunsberger <<a href="mailto:1101010@gmail.com">1101010@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>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 href="https://github.com/jrhunger/dialamemory" target="_blank">a project</a> 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. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=578 height=416 style='width:6.0208in;height:4.3333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01DA38E4.07532780"><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>