Fritzing part for Moteino ?

[K1JOS]

Has anyone made a custom Moteino virtual part for the Fritizing software?

[bauderline]

I have not made a part yet, however you can use the moteino footprint contained in the attached file as a template for creating one. The three moteino header sockets are in the middle of the pcb.

If you do make a part please post on the forum here, I am sure other would find it useful.

BR Peter.

[jackbrouno]

Is it possible even to make a custom Moteino ?

[Jfisher]

It looks like Felix already created one.

See the diagram on his blog post here: http://lowpowerlab.com/blog/2013/08/27/mailbox-notifier-project-upgrade/

Felix would you mind pointing us to where we can download the part file?
It doesn't appear to be in your GitHub repo.

[Felix]

I actually just imported a SVG file I made for Moteino in Inkscape at that time, and created the resulting pretty image in Fritzing but I haven't used Fritzing since.

[VdesmedT]

Hi Felix,

If you provide me with those svg's I'll be more than happy to create a frizing library.  Thanks

[K1JOS]

Any progress on the Frizting library?

[VdesmedT]

Hello,

I have give it a try and this is what I could come with.  Please provide any comment or feedback you may have. I'm fully aware there is room for improvement here ;-)

[KanyonKris]

Building on the work VdesmedT did, I made the Moteino breadboard model look more like the part. I also made a schematic and PCB symbol. It seems to work. Please report any problems.

If I have time I'll do the USB and Mega Moteinos.

[Felix]

Thanks guys for working on this. Although I don't find fritzing a particularly versatile software, some people that are getting started with electronics might find it less scary.

[KanyonKris]

Felix, I hear you. It's nice for making pretty pictures. I just wanted to try my hand at making a Fritzing part. It's a messy process, even with the SparkFun guide.

[VdesmedT]

I'starting with electronic and what I like about Fritzing is certainly not versatility but that you can directly order you prototyped PCB online. I have use it a couple of time and the result is pretty decent .Off course and don't have any other experience so if you guys have better options for me, please share :-)

[Felix]

There's no easy and great. If you want to make toys Fritzing could be good enough. If you want to make electronics, you will need something better, maybe Eagle or Diptrace.

[ColinR]

I've been using EasyEDA and am pretty satisfied with it. It's web-based so my projects are wherever my browser is. It's also WAY easier to make parts and footprints than Eagle, which is a PIA to do in. No size limit, it's free, and you can order PCBs at very reasonable prices directly from the editor. It's definitely worth a try anyway.

C

[s-light]

Hey - cool that there is a fritzing part :-)

Fritzing is the right tool to document your breadboard- prototyps -
for this i like it - its easy 'drag and drop' mouse based...
but it is difficult to make new footprints or components..
i have tried to make some pcbs - and ists difficult to design a clean looking routing..
for PCBs i use KiCad in the current 'developer' edition - for windows its easy with kicad-winbuilder..

at the beginning it is a bit 'strange' from the handling - but if you get used to it you can get really fast and i like it really...

sunny greetings
stefan