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Electronics Design

Tutorial by Nicolas De Coster.

This section provides resources and tutorials for designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). There are a few popular toolchains in the Fab network:

  • KiCad – an open‑source, community‑driven EDA suite licensed under the GPL. It runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and is the strongly recommended, multiplatform option. Learn more in the KiCad FabLib tutorial.
  • SVGPCB – a browser‑based editor hosted by Fab Cloud at https://pcb.fabcloud.io. No installation is required and it is convenient for quick, lightweight designs.
  • Eagle – proprietary software from Autodesk. Historical documentation is provided below, but it may be quite outdated compared to current versions.

Pick the workflow that suits your project; if you are unsure where to start, KiCad is the default choice.