ESP8266 Community Forum

- Sun Jan 08, 2017 4:43 pm #60677 I am thinking of expanding out of the Prototype PCB Boards I use now into a custom one.
Maybe 10 boards per project. What do you suggest for software and Board Company?

- Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:25 pm #60683 I have had good luck with this for pcb design...

http://dexpcb.com/

works well, little learning curve, etc...

and there are many pcb manufacturing sites like...

https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb.html
http://www.shenzhen2u.com/PCB
http://www.pcbgogo.com/

- Sun Jan 08, 2017 10:09 pm #60687 I have used http://www.smart-prototyping.com/PCB-Prototyping.html more than a few times. For my own stuff and also prototypes for work. Seems decent.

- Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:02 pm #60770 As a Mac user, I cast a vote for DipTrace and Eagle. Both are available for Mac and offer free versions that are more than ample for anything I'll use them for. And i recommend Seeed Studio Fusion for PCB manufacturing, unbeatable prices and it took about 2 weeks to arrive.