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Resources

This page contains links and downloads that you might find useful.

Schematic Editors:

TinyCAD This is a popular open-source schematic editor written by Matt Pyne

LTSpice This is a free editor and SPICE simulator from Linear Technology (also called SwitcherCAD)

Using LTSpice with FreePCB Instructions for assigning pin numbers in LTSpice

OrCAD Demo This is a free, limited version of the OrCAD toolsuite, including their schematic and layout editors

Documents:

PCB Design Tutorial (PDF) This is an excellent introduction to PCB design, by David L. Jones from "down under"

Home PCB Production (PDF) (v.0.0.2) A guide to making PCBs at home, by Sasha Zbrozek from the User Forum

Links:

Yahoo group for FreePCB A Yahoo group about FreePCB, moderated by Rick Collins

pcb-design-directory.com A site with lots of links, some free and some commercial

PCBstandards.com This commercial vendor of footprint libraries offers a free land pattern calculator

PCBLibraries.com This site offers a free Viewer for all of the SMT packages and land patterns in the new IPC-7351 standard. Once you figure out how to use it, this thing is AMAZING! It includes footprints for all of the SMT packages with Least, Nominal and Most pad sizes. I would recommend it to anyone creating SMT footprints. In the future, I will probably use it to create a whole new set of FreePCB libraries.

TinyCAD	This is a popular open-source schematic editor written by Matt Pyne
LTSpice	This is a free editor and SPICE simulator from Linear Technology (also called SwitcherCAD)
Using LTSpice with FreePCB	Instructions for assigning pin numbers in LTSpice
OrCAD Demo	This is a free, limited version of the OrCAD toolsuite, including their schematic and layout editors

PCB Design Tutorial (PDF)	This is an excellent introduction to PCB design, by David L. Jones from "down under"
Home PCB Production (PDF)	(v.0.0.2) A guide to making PCBs at home, by Sasha Zbrozek from the User Forum

Yahoo group for FreePCB	A Yahoo group about FreePCB, moderated by Rick Collins
pcb-design-directory.com	A site with lots of links, some free and some commercial
PCBstandards.com	This commercial vendor of footprint libraries offers a free land pattern calculator
PCBLibraries.com	This site offers a free Viewer for all of the SMT packages and land patterns in the new IPC-7351 standard. Once you figure out how to use it, this thing is AMAZING! It includes footprints for all of the SMT packages with Least, Nominal and Most pad sizes. I would recommend it to anyone creating SMT footprints. In the future, I will probably use it to create a whole new set of FreePCB libraries.