diff --git a/gEDA.md b/gEDA.md index c5c5ad7..8800913 100644 --- a/gEDA.md +++ b/gEDA.md @@ -1 +1,23 @@ -gEDA is an open source electronic design suite. \ No newline at end of file +# About + +[gEDA](http://www.geda-project.org/) is a collection of free software tools for Electronics Design. Unlike other EDA tools, gEDA is designed to be a collection of tools that can work together, rather than a single large monolothic tool. + +# Tools +#[| gSCHEM]([gschem)] is a schematic capture tool. +#[is the Netlister +#[[gEDA-PCB| PCB]([gnetlist]])] is a PCB Layout tool + +# Other Tools +There are a host of other "Smaller" tools written by a variety of community members which do very useful things. Some of them are listed here: +#[A schematic to symbol converter +#[[Makedepend]([geda_sch2sym]]:)]: Dependency generator for schematics +#[ A python based schematic to symbol converter + +# Related tools +Some other tools used often in conjunction with gEDA, although not part of the gEDA family. The term "gEDA and friends" is sometimes used to denote this superset of tools. +#[[ngSPICE]([sch2sym.py]]:)]: A very powerful open source version of SPICE derived from SPICE 3f5 +#netlister and SPICE simulator respectively + +# Also See +#[Makefiles| Makefiles for gEDA]([gEDA)] +#A discussion of the gafrc configuration file is on the [gEDA Help mailing list](http://www.delorie.com/search/search.cgi?search=Dirt+Dumb+Level&db=geda). A basic knowledge of guile and scheme is helpful for hacking with gEDA \ No newline at end of file