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... wrote ...
I would recomend KiCad
Make sure you are using one of the more recent releases, it has seen rapid growth over the last few years and the most recent version is really a decent piece of software which IMHO surpasses the paid version of eagle.
+1 I always use KiCad. A very nice program once you get to know its few quirks.
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I’m not sure that I understood correctly your board dimensions, but for the EAGLE Light Edition the part needs to be placed within the 100 mm x 80 mm (4 inches x 3.2 inches). The area starts at the origin and includes 100 mm to the right on the horizontal and 80 mm up on the vertical. In my opinion 25 boards in production is personal use for evaluation purposes. To use the freeware license select the “Run as freeware†button.
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Currently the KiCAD official windows mirror is at you will want the most recent 'product' build (r5684 as of may 2015, make sure you get the _x64 version if you are running 64bit windows), if you are running OSX you need the most recent extras build at It will prompt you (at least under windows) to install wings3d, this will allow you to render your boards in 3d but is not required. There also may be a few errors when you first run it it as it creates its preference files, but these can be ignored.
There are some good tutorials floating around, try to make sure that you are following one of the more recent ones as some are quite outdated and the buttons have moved around since they were written. The official documentation is pretty good there are also some video tutorials out there which I understand are decent (I personally cannot stand watching video tutorials)
edit: it does not require an internet connection to run
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AndrewM wrote ...
PCBWay.com is the best I've ever used. Chinese prices but with 3 day turn.
I did a research on it, and I was disappointed on the shipping charges. Yes, maybe that’s fast, but that’s too expensive IMO. Let’s say 10 pcs 100mm x 100 mm, 2 layers, HASL, PCB Cost: $ 13 Coupon Savings: - $ 2 Shipping Cost: $ 25.00 PayPal Fee: $ 3 ??? Total Amount: $ 39 My similar orders to similar company in China were about $ 24.57 ($14.90 + $9.67 shipping by Registered Airmail) and there was a 5-6 days processing time, and 11-14 days delivery time. And there was options for fast delivery too, Hong Kong DHL/FedEx/EMS but I was not in such a hurry.
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Artlav wrote ...
Wow. So it's now possible to do a custom PCB for under $100?
And at PCBCart it's still $55 for 10 60x40 2 layer boards plus $50 for delivery, and that's for the "prototype" quality.
You can get 10pcs 2-layer 50x50mm boards for 9,9$ + shipping (like 7$). 4-layer ones are like 30$. I have personally used Elecrow, itead and seeedstudio.
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