This was time consuming, error-prone, and it felt stupid, so I decided to create a tool to automate this.
Over time, I found myself manually re-creating footprints from EasyEDA in KiCad in several projects. But what about the other way around? Enjoy the Best of Both Worlds However, I find EasyEDA’s interface and interactive routing much less convenient, compared to KiCad, and it doesn’t integrate with Git, which is a big drawback for me.Īs you can see, each tool has its own strength and weaknesses, which means I use both - KiCad for larger projects, such as the Smart Conference Badge, and EasyEDA for smaller projects, workshops and quick experiments.ĮasyEDA also supports importing KiCad projects, which means I can start a project in KiCad and eventually migrate to EasyEDA. See the part image, footprint, price and stock status right from the Place Component screenĮasyEDA also comes with a huge library of user-contributed footprints which are all one click away, unlike KiCad where you’d have to google it, download the file, install it, well… not the best UX.įinally, EasyEDA has nice support for importing graphic files into the PCB (which is cool for creating custom PCBs), while with KiCad the process is a bit more involved and requires third-party tools.
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