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Website: https://fritzing.org/home/
Price: 8.99 Euro (Donation)
Blurb: “Fritzing is an open-source hardware initiative that makes electronics accessible as a creative material for anyone. We offer a software tool, a community website and services in the spirit of Processing and Arduino, fostering a creative ecosystem that allows users to document their prototypes, share them with others, teach electronics in a classroom, and lay out and manufacture professional pcbs.”
Many of you may have been Following Greg’s awesome tutorials and may have seen him mention Fritzing in issue 104, but gotten stuck at the paywall. I know I did. ($9 may be small change in first world countries, but here that is the equivalent of $150.) You may have gone to github and tried to build it, and ended up with a blank screen, etcetera. Well, come along for the ride. I will attempt to fill you in and get you up to speed to follow Greg in his awesome tutorials.
Installation
On Ubuntu, the install is as simple as:
sudo apt install fritzing fritzing-data fritzing-parts
Now you just launch it from your menu.
Getting started
The welcome screen is your starting point for help. Actually, more and thorough help is available from the “help” menu. You navigate the window via the top tabs. Please click on “Breadboard” to bring up a breadboard, the components on the right should cover all your project, but if you need one that is not there, you can create it. Neat hey? The next three tabs will be empty if you have not started creating anything yet.
To get to where Greg was in issue 104, all you need to do is find the raspberry pi in the core parts list, then drag it on to your screen with your breadboard. Right-click, and rotate. (The search function does not find “raspberry” or “pi” , so just scroll down to it.)
Parts
Mostly, you will find everything you need, but you may need some new part. Check the Fritzing forums and you can download parts in the .fzpz format. You can then import that part into the program. Convenient, right?
Taking it a bit further
When you place an item on your breadboard, you can go to your fourth tab, PCB, to move the part. You have two layers to play with. For instance, place a resistor anywhere on your breadboard and go to PCB. Now on your right-hand side, under inspector, you can choose which side of the PCB you would like that resistor on. You can also choose if it should go through the board or be a surface-mount. Most parts have options in the inspector, even the simple breadboard. You can name parts and that name will appear on your PCB layout. Naming your parts will help you identify them quicker as having a bunch of resistors of differing values makes it easier to spot the one you are looking for.
TIP: You can rotate parts with your mouse wheel for faster operation.
I am back on track with Greg’s tutorials, what is your excuse?
If you would like some Fritzing fun in future issues, why not drop us an email on misc@fullcirclemagazine.org ?