GEDA Resources
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Useful resources for working with gEDA, the GPL'd suite and toolkit of Electronic Design Automation software.
- Important Note: This page is a work in progress.
Contents
Basics
- gEDA Project Homepage
- gEDA Answers @ Launchpad: A place for Q&A about gEDA tools
- All about gEDA at Open Circuits
Introductory Tutorials
- The classic tutorial by Bill Wilson
- http://www-mdp.eng.cam.ac.uk/web/CD/engapps/geda/starting_gEDA_long.pdf Getting started with gEDA] 7 MB PDF tutorial, from Cambridge University Engineering Department, covering schematics, layout, and spice
- PCB tutorial (layout only) by DJ Delorie
- Tutorials by Abhijit Kshirsagar
- PCB basics and gEDA/PCB Tips and Tricks -- a forum post at 5 Man Conspiracy
Symbols: Schematic symbols for use in gschem
- gedasymbols, the largest single repository
- Symbols by Matt Sarnoff
Footprints: component footprints for use in PCB
- gedasymbols, the largest single repository
- Footprints by Matt Sarnoff
- PCB Footprints by John C Luciani -- excellent collection
Footprints-generating utilities
- Footgen, Darryl Harmon's python-based footprint generator for geda/pcb
- Ruby-based footprint generator by Stefan Salewski
- browser-based footprint generator
- Browser-based rectangular footprint generator by chlazza.net
Other Utilities
- Wedana: Cross-platform browser-based tools to view and edit data from gEDA applications.
- Mac OS X Wrappers: Little mac-friendly "launcher" apps, to launch gEDA apps in the normal Mac way. By Matt Sarnoff.
