On Tue, 17 May 2011 22:30:27 -0400 DJ Delorie <d...@delorie.com> wrote:
> > BTW, what are the show cases for geda/pcb? > > There's a list on gpleda.org: > > http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:links First, let's be clear that popularity is no indication of usefulness or goodness of something. But, if a product is less widely-chosen, perhaps there is something that can be done to improve the learning curve for new users... e.g., I was frustrated with gEDA when I first started using it, and thought KiCAD looked easy to use and cool. But I found that I didn't like the feel of KiCAD (Wxwidgets was probably part of the problem...), and eventually figured out the tricks needed to make the gEDA system "work". Now I love gEDA and am really comfortable with it, but I must say that it's difficult to learn. Perhaps a comprehensive tutorial/manual that explains the usual PCB workflow would help. I know there are lots of ways to use gEDA, but for new users, a basic and sensible standard workflow could be identified. With the reminder that popularity is not necessarily related to the "goodness" of a tool... I see that KiCAD does have some fairly popular projects using it, while I haven't seen the same for gEDA. I don't see any project on the gEDA "projects using gEDA" list that I would consider as high-profile as the following: * reprap (http://reprap.org/wiki/KiCad) * nanonote (http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Main_Page ) * Versaloon debugger/programmer (http://www.versaloon.com/) (First open-source SWD device and first OpenOCD SWD support.) Certainly there are many complex and good designs done in gEDA, but as far as serious high-profile projects, it looks like KiCAD has the lead. No matter, gEDA is what works well for me and that's all I really care about! Regards, Colin _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user