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Phil King of Weekend Engineering returned to give Elecia advice on how to fabricate a board, both in a professional capacity and for garage projects.\\xa0

EaglePCB is a\\xa0commercial package which is also available as a free, noncommercial version for small 2-layer boards.\\xa0Other open source packages mentioned include Kicad\\xa0and\\xa0gEDA. Some board fabricators provide free tools that work only with their fab houses (such asExpressPCB). \\xa0Digikey\'s\\xa0SchemeIt\\xa0\\xa0provides a way to get a PDF schematic (and a BOM), but falls down by not providing a way to generate a net list, a critical part of board fabrication.

PCB West\\xa0is this week at the Santa Clara convention center.

How Printed Circuit Boards are Designed (1960 Edition)

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Hildy\\xa0 Licht\\xa0electronic assembly and manufacturing