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Introduction to LibrePCB A new, powerful and intuitive EDA tool for everyone

FOSDEM · 15.3K views · 2018-02-05 · 24:31

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Urban Bruhin, LibrePCB's main author, introduces the open-source EDA tool at FOSDEM 2018. He explains why he started it and how its library concepts differ from KiCAD.

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Linked by the author and others in LibrePCB threads as the best explanation of its design rationale.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2018–2021

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dbrgn · 2020-05 · Recommendation

Here's a video from FOSDEM where Urban (the main author) explains why he started LibrePCB and how the library concepts are different from other similar tools like KiCAD: [VIDEO] (Slides: [LINK] ) Also, previous HN threads: [LINK] [LINK]

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dbrgn · 2019-12 · Recommendation

Before people start asking: Comparison with KiCAD and Eagle: [LINK] Talk by Urban that explains why he started LibrePCB, and how the library concepts are different from other similar tools like KiCAD: [VIDEO] (Slides: [LINK] ) If you want to try it: [LINK] Previous HN discussion: [LINK]

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dbrgn · 2018-11 · Recommendation

There's also an "Intro to LibrePCB" talk recording from FOSDEM this year: [VIDEO] It explains some of the core design concepts and the rationale for them. In case you don't have time to watch the video, here are the slides: [LINK]

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