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| Original author(s) | Allan Wright |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2003; 22 years ago (2003) |
| Stable release | 1.359 / 11 September 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-11) |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Available in | English |
| Type | EDA |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www |
FreePCB is a printed circuit board (PCB) electronic design automation program for Microsoft Windows, written by Allan Wright. It is free and open-source software released under a GNU General Public License.
Features
The program supports up to 16 copper layers, both metric and customary units, and export of designs in RS-274X Gerber format. Boards can be partly or fully autorouted with the FreeRouting autorouter by using the FpcROUTE Specctra DSN design file translator.
Other operating systems
FreePCB can run on Linux by using Wine and on Mac computers using Parallels Desktop for Mac, Virtual Box, or Wine via MacPorts.
See also
References
- FreePCB: Latest News:New version 1.359
- Wirtz, Alfons (2014-03-08) . "FreeRouting - Printed Circuit Board Routing Software from FreeRouting.net". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
- "Flexible PCB". Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- Wright, Allan. "FreePCB User Guide Version 1.4" (PDF).
External links
- Official website
- A development branch of the program
- PCB Systems Design Community
- fpcconvert: A HPGL and G-code conversion tool for FreePCB
- The ham radio enthusiast P. Phobas has compiled this version of freePCB.exe (2,621,440 bytes instead of 3,141,632 bytes) which is still (as of 11/2024) compatible with Win10 and Win11 updates. Verbose logging is removed which bottlenecked comdlg32.dll.
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