Fritzing and Eagle
First off, Morgellon went to school for this kind of stuff and has a fancy degree in electronics wizardry or something like that. I on the other hand, am reading books on processing, embedded electronics, microcontrolers and basic electronics.
Everyone says use Eagle, here is a tutorial, learn Eagle…
I have been working on that and have failed thus far, it seems my mind can’t wrap itself around how to lay things out and even what things are and how they are connected. I opened a bunch of Ladyada’s PCB designs and have succeeded only in removing things and moving things.
This is where Fritzing comes along. There is a library where things look like what they are and there seems to be some Fritzfoo on how to add things to the library. There is even an Arduino Diecimilain the mix.
Once you have your circuit all done, you can export it as an Arduino shield to Eagle.
This coolness requires a more up to date version of Eagle than is in the Ubuntu repositories, but its a breeze to install as its a simple .run file that takes care of itself. You also have to edit the Fritzing Preferences to tell it where this copy of Eagle is. And once in Eagle, you have to click a checkbox in a Preferences dialog to enable fancy functionality from Fritzing. These are all explained in detail (pictures and words) on the Fritzing site.
This is very cool for folks like me. I have ordered a few kits where I can now start to make my own Arduino shields with my laser printer and drill press and handy irons (clothing and solder).
4-7-2010 @ 01:15
“I opened a bunch of Ladyada’s PCB designs and have succeeded only in removing things and moving things” very nice I appreciate your efforts.