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General discussion / Razen - A new PCB CAD tool I'm working on.
Longtime Dangerous Prototypes lurker here. I've been working on a PCB CAD tool for a while and thought it'd be of interest to people.
I've used various versions of Eagle for ages and have always wanted to make something that fixed some things that annoyed me about it. The main features I'm focusing on are:
- A simple integrated UI with unified schematic and layout editors
- A version-controlled backend. All design information is stored in Mercurial repositories, so history about edits to the design are available (the designs are also JSON, so they're easy to process with other tools/languages).
- A Python scriptable core. Everything about the design and editor are scriptable in Python, so you can automate editing functions (like generate footprints and symbols) with scripts but also make new editing tools.
It's still a work in process, but the core functionality, while very rough around the edges, is in place. I'm trying to get a version ready for testing by next month. If anyone has comments or questions, let me know!
Oh, it appears I can't post links as a first-time poster, so it should be the first hit when you google "razencad".