FreePCB

FreePCB

Using FreePCB to design a motor controller.
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)[1]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Platform	IA-32, x86-64
Available in	English
Type	EDA
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.freepcb.com

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[2] autorouter by using the FpcROUTE Specctra DSN design file translator.^[citation needed]

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.[3][4]

See also

• Comparison of EDA software
• List of free electronics circuit simulators

References

1. FreePCB: Latest News:New version 1.359
2. Wirtz, Alfons (2014-03-08) [2004]. "FreeRouting - Printed Circuit Board Routing Software from FreeRouting.net". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
3. "Flexible PCB". Retrieved 26 February 2019.
4. 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.