KiCAD Evaluation
From apertus wiki
KiCAD is a FLOSS software to create schematics and PCB layouts (EDA) and a candidate for being used to create all future Axiom/Alpha electronic designs.
Official KiCAD website: http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/KiCad+EDA+Software+Suite
We are currently evaluating if it can really meet the high demands of this complex kind of designs we plan to do.
Guides/Tutorials
The perfect way to get to know the basics of the software are these 2 youtube videos (if you can live with the the electronic steven hawking voice):
- Tutorial part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkQ0nVX1q1k
- Tutorial part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HNMihqa844