It most likely has defects, but it's good enough for me to get some of these fabricated and start testing it.
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Been learning KiCad (Dragon's Lair ROM PCB created to help me learn)
After I discovered that my Eagle v7 license only allows PCB sizes of something like 6" x 4" (I was disgusted), I decided to learn KiCad so that I could make larger PCBs.
Needing a simple and easy PCB to start with, I decided to reproduce the Dragon's Lair ROM board which is very basic. All it has is a connector, five EPROM sockets, and some capacitors.
Here's what I ended up with. I am pretty happy overall with the tool, although I did a find at least one feature that Eagle has that KiCad doesn't have that I am missing. Still, I think KiCad may be the overall winner between the two considering how far astray Eagle has gone these days.
Needing a simple and easy PCB to start with, I decided to reproduce the Dragon's Lair ROM board which is very basic. All it has is a connector, five EPROM sockets, and some capacitors.
Here's what I ended up with. I am pretty happy overall with the tool, although I did a find at least one feature that Eagle has that KiCad doesn't have that I am missing. Still, I think KiCad may be the overall winner between the two considering how far astray Eagle has gone these days.
(here's the original for reference)
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