Drawing circuit diagrams

[Johnny Rosenberg]

Den 2010-12-22 14:20:05 skrev Chris G <cl at isbd.net>:

> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:51:32AM +0000, Chris G wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 09:23:06AM +0000, sam tygier wrote:
>> > On 21/12/10 15:28, Chris G wrote:
>> > > I want to put some simple circuit diagrams on web pages (or at least
>> > > accessible from web pages) so I'm looking for a drawing program  
>> that is
>> > > either easy to add circuit symbols to or has them already.
>> > >
>> > > I was going to use dia but whenever I try to actually use it I don't
>> > > find it's as easy as it should be, I've Google'd a bit and found
>> > > xcircuit which is quite a nice program but the mouse/keyboard usage  
>> is
>> > > so non-standard it would take me ages to get used to it.
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone have any alternative suggestions or ideas?
>> > >
>> >
>> >   you could also look at
>> > http://fritzing.org/welcome/
>> >
>> I *almost* used an Arduino board for the project that I want to draw
>> circuits for so that might well be in the right sort of area, thanks.
>>
> However it seems to have the same problem (for me) that many of the
> other systems have, it's a circuit design tool rather than a drawing
> tool.  So, as far as I can see, it has no means of connecting things up
> on the circuit diagram drawing part of it, it assumes that you will lay
> out a breadboard or PCB and then simply use the circuit diagram part to
> check that you have connected things right.
>
> I want to start with (and finish with!) a circuit diagram only.
>

I don't think I saw you mention that you tried gEDA, did you? I installed  
it myself yesterday and I have looked at it a bit. Seems like not too  
complicated, but I didn't try to do something useful with it, on the other  
hand.

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Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg