Software for Protoboard Layout


#1

Does anyone here know a good (free) software for making a protoboard layout? I have a project that uses all of the gpio and I definately need to do some planning to make this work, so any recomandations are more than welcome. Thx!


#2

I have been using Eagle since a long time, but the free (and even standard) license has size restrictions.
I keep hearing good things about Kicad, and it's open source.


#3

Fritzing is good for layouts and easy to learn. Comes with components for all the common maker parts (Sparkfun, Adafruit etc).


#4

Thx for the suggestions!
I tried out both Kicad and Fritzing and I think i'll stick to Fritzing, really easy and intuitive.


#5

For something rapid on stripboard or veroboard, i used http://bancika.github.io/diy-layout-creator/


#6

Some online tools that may be handy:

https://circuits.io/
https://easyeda.com/