Printed Circuit Board Prototyping | BasicPCB Blog

As we find helpful articles, tips, tools, and other resources that may be helpful for printed circuit board design and manufacturing, we will provide a link on this page.  We hope you may find the links below helpful and encourage you to send us a link to any other helpful PCB resource you may have found on the web.

Free PCB Design Software

• KiCAD
• DesignSpark PCB
• ZenitPCB

Gerber File Viewers

• Gerber-Viewer.com Free PCB Gerber Viewer
• Mayhew Labs Free PCB 3D Gerber Viewer

Helpful Online Calculators

• All About Circuits’ PCB Prototyping Calculators
• Resistor Color Code Calculator
• Ohm’s Law Calculator
• Capacitor Impedance Calculator
• RMS Voltage Calculator

Electrical Engineering / PCB Forums

• AllAboutCircuit.com
• eeWeb.com
• ElectronicDesign.com
• EDABoard.com
• Hackaday.com
• Electronics360.com
• Embedded.com
• EDN.com

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