<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ditto what Rob said.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 4:54 PM Robert Mackie via TriEmbed <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org">triembed@triembed.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I strongly support what Paul said in recommending Fritzing. I was completely snowed under by everything else I tried the first couple of times. Once I had designed a couple of boards and obtained them using Fritzing, i went back to kicad and was able to make sense of it. I use kicad now, but I never would have gotten there without Fritzing.<div><br></div><div>Rob.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 4:45 PM The MacDougals via TriEmbed <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed@triembed.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div lang="EN-US"><div><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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">They now accept Eagle, KiCad, or gerbers. I watched some YouTube tutorials on Eagle and that helped immensely.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">If you want help with Eagle, I would be happy to work with you.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">---> Paul<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> TriEmbed <<a href="mailto:triembed-bounces@triembed.org" target="_blank">triembed-bounces@triembed.org</a>> <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 <<a href="mailto:TriEmbed@triembed.org" target="_blank">TriEmbed@triembed.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TriEmbed] Lowest learning curve to design a board?<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">(trying to make this fit in the triembed 250k limit..)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 3:45 PM jonathan hunsberger <<a href="mailto:1101010@gmail.com" target="_blank">1101010@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;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. :)<u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><img border="0" width="578" height="416" style="width: 6.0208in; height: 4.3333in;" id="m_-6585152047618771281m_2502959373863162276Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_18cad43c7fe4ce8e91"><u></u><u></u></p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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