I use EasyEDA for PCB design and JLCPCB to produce them. EasyEDA is OK if you use standard part templates - but I found generating your own component templates tricky ( I wanted two pads and PTH’s for choice of SMD of old fashioned components) - I also wanted any ground pads to have a track stub to a PTH to avoid the heating issues when soldering to a large ground plane) JLCPCB were OK once you worked out how to get through the checkout whilst selecting the non-premium postage option - I was happy to wait the 48 hour production and 9 days for the post from China to the UK. Their board checking was good as they spotted an error on my part and modified the Gerber over night for me. ..and it is always worth shopping around the PCB vendors for a new customer deal ! cheers BOb > On 12 Dec 2022, at 04:49, jeremy ardley via Discuss <discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > > From: jeremy ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> > Subject: [OpenSCAD] Re: OT: PCB Design and Manufacture > Date: 12 December 2022 at 04:49:18 GMT > To: discuss@lists.openscad.org > Reply-To: OpenSCAD general discussion Mailing-list <discuss@lists.openscad.org> > > > > > On 12/12/22 12:14, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote: >> This is somewhat off topic. Please ignore if not appropriate to this group. >> >> Most of my OpenSCAD 3D designs these days are for tiny IoT (Internet of Things) projects. I've grown tired of my messy wire-and-solder prototyping and I would like to step up to using one of the reasonably priced PCB companies. >> >> 1. Has anyone here tried Flux.ai for PCB design? Is it any good? Any other suggestions? >> >> 2. Does anyone here have a favorite low-volume (1-5) PCB manufacturer? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Len >> >> > Personally, I use kicad for EDA, which at my level of skill is more than adequate. > > However, there is a comparison of EDA tools that may be helpful. > > https://sourceforge.net/software/compare/EasyEDA-vs-Flux.ai-vs-KiCad-EDA-vs-SOLIDWORKS/ <https://sourceforge.net/software/compare/EasyEDA-vs-Flux.ai-vs-KiCad-EDA-vs-SOLIDWORKS/> > > -- > Jeremy > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org

UPDATE: I attempted to use Flux.ai, but found it to be slow and buggy. And the tutorial videos were awful! Switched to EasyEDA. I ran into one newbie issue that took me a while to figure out, but after 1.5 days, I've ordered my first PC boards from JLCPCB. Thanks for all your help, everyone! On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 6:57 AM Bob Carter <caggius@gmail.com> wrote: > I use EasyEDA for PCB design and JLCPCB to produce them. > > EasyEDA is OK if you use standard part templates - but I found generating > your own component templates tricky ( I wanted two pads and PTH’s for > choice of SMD of old fashioned components) - I also wanted any ground pads > to have a track stub to a PTH to avoid the heating issues when soldering to > a large ground plane) > > JLCPCB were OK once you worked out how to get through the checkout whilst > selecting the non-premium postage option - I was happy to wait the 48 hour > production and 9 days for the post from China to the UK. Their board > checking was good as they spotted an error on my part and modified the > Gerber over night for me. > > ..and it is always worth shopping around the PCB vendors for a new > customer deal ! > > cheers > BOb > > On 12 Dec 2022, at 04:49, jeremy ardley via Discuss < > discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > > *From: *jeremy ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> > *Subject: **[OpenSCAD] Re: OT: PCB Design and Manufacture* > *Date: *12 December 2022 at 04:49:18 GMT > *To: *discuss@lists.openscad.org > *Reply-To: *OpenSCAD general discussion Mailing-list < > discuss@lists.openscad.org> > > > > On 12/12/22 12:14, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote: > > This is somewhat off topic. Please ignore if not appropriate to this > group. > > Most of my OpenSCAD 3D designs these days are for tiny IoT (Internet of > Things) projects. I've grown tired of my messy wire-and-solder prototyping > and I would like to step up to using one of the reasonably priced PCB > companies. > > 1. Has anyone here tried Flux.ai for PCB design? Is it any good? Any > other suggestions? > > 2. Does anyone here have a favorite low-volume (1-5) PCB manufacturer? > > Thanks! > > Len > > > Personally, I use kicad for EDA, which at my level of skill is more than > adequate. > > However, there is a comparison of EDA tools that may be helpful. > > https://sourceforge.net/software/compare/EasyEDA-vs-Flux.ai-vs-KiCad-EDA-vs-SOLIDWORKS/ > > -- > Jeremy > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >