pcb-rnd is a modular and compact (core under 60k

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(SLOC), plug-ins at 100k SLOC)

electronic design automation Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing Electronics, electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. The tools wo ...

(EDA) and

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(CAD) software application used for layout design of electrical circuits. It is used professionally and in universities. Pre-built packages are available on several

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s. The software focuses on multiple

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support, scripting, multiple font support, a query language and

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support for

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and automation. The software provides

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s for command line,

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2+gdk or +gl, GTK4+gl, and Motif supporting multiple

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s (GUIs) with the same thing for every interface.

History

pcb-rnd was originally developed from a friendly fork of the geda PCB project. In 2020, pcb-rnd was funded through NGI0 PET as a part of the

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's Next Generation Internet program. A whole EDA suite, named Ringdove, has emerged around pcb-rnd by 2023, featuring a schematics editor (sch-rnd), a gerber–excellon–CAM viewer (camv-rnd), and a PCB autorouter (route-rnd).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:pcb-rnd Engineering software that uses GTK Free software programmed in C Free electronic design automation software Electronic design automation software for Linux

History

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