Debian Electronics Project
Summary
PCB development
Debian packages for PCB development

This metapackage will install Debian packages useful for the development of printed circuit boards.

Description

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If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Electronics to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian Electronics mailing list

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Debian Electronics PCB development packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

camv-rnd
Standard installation of camv-rnd
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camv-rnd is a modular EDA (mainly PCB) CAM file format viewer that supports gerber, excellon and g-code. The GUI features zoom, pan and measurements on multiple layers from multiple files.
fritzing
Easy-to-use electronic design software
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Fritzing is an open source project designed to help one transition from a prototype to a finished project. Aimed at users who want to produce or document circuits and experiments, one starts by building a physical prototype, then recreating it with Fritzing’s graphical editor. From there one can generate a schematic, PCB artwork, and PCB production files.
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0.9.6+dfsghttps://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/22819/simage/large-68b584322bb7913e4e06583bd749e8bc.png
0.9.6+dfsghttps://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/simage/large-1135defa6c0e4557c4875413fe920064.png
0.9.6+dfsghttps://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/simage/large-36e3ddb1d4b15cbec6ecb74f2c6178f6.png
0.9.6+dfsghttps://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/simage/large-1082218b8c9c1da8d99dee9862e83c78.png
0.9.6+dfsghttps://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/simage/large-4a7ad62b1dc772f5e47378f5f25b3dee.png
0.9.6+dfsghttps://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/simage/large-09d368e906b06e1d969ebda175bb8ae8.png
0.7.4https://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/9842/simage/large-4e717275453848b5b7a85c22ee9c7f0a.png
0.7.4https://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/9841/simage/large-f2e8206c20446e383dcc722096943dfc.png
0.7.4https://screenshots.debian.net/files/screenshot/9840/simage/large-0ff44618151feddec257a6154b78a1c0.png
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gerbv
Gerber file viewer (only RS 274 X format)
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trixie2.10.0-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64,s390x
bookworm2.9.6-1amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
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gerbv is a utility for viewing Gerber RS-274X files, Excellon drill files, and CSV files for pick-and-place files. Gerber files are used for communicating printed circuit board (PCB) designs to PCB manufacturers.
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kicad
Electronic schematic and PCB design software
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bullseye-security5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
bookworm6.0.11+dfsg-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el
trixie9.0.2+dfsg-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64
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bookworm-backports9.0.5+dfsg-1~bpo12+1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,mips64el,ppc64el
trixie-backports9.0.5+dfsg-1~bpo13+1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386,ppc64el,riscv64
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Kicad is a suite of programs for the creation of printed circuit boards. It includes a schematic editor, a PCB layout tool, support tools and a 3D viewer to display a finished & fully populated PCB.

Kicad is made up of 5 main components:

  • kicad - project manager
  • eeschema - schematic editor
  • pcbnew - PCB editor
  • gerbview - GERBER viewer
  • cvpcb - footprint selector for components

Libraries:

  • Both eeschema and pcbnew have library managers and editors for their components and footprints
  • You can easily create, edit, delete and exchange library items
  • Documentation files can be associated with components, footprints and key words, allowing a fast search by function
  • Very large libraries are available for schematic components and footprints
  • Most components have corresponding 3D models
lepton-eda
Lepton Electronic Design Automation
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The Lepton EDA suite provides schematic capture, netlisting, bill of materials generation, and many other features. It was forked from the gEDA/gaf suite in late 2016.
pcb-rnd
??? missing short description for package pcb-rnd :-(
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bullseye2.3.1-1amd64,arm64,armhf,i386
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visolate
??? missing short description for package visolate :-(
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Official Debian packages with lower relevance

camv-rnd-core
camv-rnd executable with the core functionality and boxsym-rnd
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bookworm1.1.0-3amd64,arm64,armel,armhf,i386,mips64el,mipsel,ppc64el,s390x
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Includes the data model, the most common action commands, the native file format. Can be used in headless mode or batch/scripted mode for automated processing or with GUI (if camv-rnd-lib-gui and librnd GUI HIDs are installed).
camv-rnd-export-extra
Export formats: special/extra
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Less commonly used export formats: direct printing with lpr.
camv-rnd-export-gd
Export formats that require libgd.
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Bitmap export plugin (png, jpeg, etc.)
camv-rnd-export-vector
Export formats: vector graphics
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Common vector graphic export formats: ps, eps, svg.
camv-rnd-import
Standard import file format support (PCB).
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Plugins for loading gerber layers, excellon drill files and g-code files.
camv-rnd-lib-gui
Support library for building the GUI.
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Provides camv-rnd specific dialog boxes and top window GUI elements.

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

openboardview
renders layouts for electronic boards
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VCS9.95.1-1all
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Version: 9.95.1-1

Viewer for .brd files. The tool is essential for the growing electronic repairs community. It is intended to act as a drop-in replacement for respective commercial tools.

  • Annotations (per board database file)
  • Part and pin sizes better represented
  • Better outlining of irregular objects (such as connectors)
  • Drag and drop
  • Recently used file history
  • Non-orthagonally orientated caps/resistors/diodes now drawn more realistically
  • Adjustable DPI (for working on 2K/4K screens)
  • Works with multiple concurrent instances
*Popularitycontest results: number of people who use this package regularly (number of people who upgraded this package recently) out of 271013