Drawing circuit diagrams

[Chris G]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 04:36:30PM +0100, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> 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.
> 
Yes, I have looked at it, it's one of my possibles.

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Chris Green