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SnapEDA does indeed look cool. The business model is familiar, and I don't
think its the only one of its kind out there. (And there are similar
solutions out there in the 3D CAD space).

For me - the sticking point, is the requirement for data-conversion.... we
CAN... do better, and ideally - this is an area where we in the open-source
community, should be beating these commercial guys!

Peter

On 19 December 2015 at 00:37, Jason White (whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com)
[via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> Disclaimer, I am not affiliated with SnapEDA. This service was briefly
> mentioned in another thread; from what I have seen so far it is worth
> sharing in its own thread.
>
> SnapEDA (see [1])
> -> Free commercial use and export of their library of symbols and
> footprints
> -> Exports to Kicad/Eagle/Altium/Orcad/PADS/etc...
> - (Its a shame gEDA isn't on that list, not that it isn't hard to
> convert...)
> -> No apparent usage limitations or vendor lock-in required. They seem to
> make money not by selling their symbols, but by selling symbol creation and
> batch exporting services.
>
> Their business model is uncommon, I think, most companies of this type
> require subscriptions.
>
> So far I have downloaded symbols for a few microcontrollers and FPGAs;
> they look fine and match up with datasheets as far as I can tell. I'm going
> to give their library a test drive by building a design using a few
> exported parts.
>
> --Jason White
>
> [1] snapeda.com
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>SnapEDA does indeed look cool. The business=
 model is familiar, and I don&#39;t think its the only one of its kind out =
there. (And there are similar solutions out there in the 3D CAD space).</di=
v><br></div>For me - the sticking point, is the requirement for data-conver=
sion.... we CAN... do better, and ideally - this is an area where we in the=
 open-source community, should be beating these commercial guys!<br><br></d=
iv>Peter <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
">On 19 December 2015 at 00:37, Jason White (<a href=3D"mailto:whitewaterss=
oftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com">whitewaterssoftwareinfo AT gmail DOT com</a>) [via <a href=
=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <span dir=3D"l=
tr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" target=3D"_blank">geda-use=
r AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div =
dir=3D"ltr"><div>Disclaimer, I am not affiliated with SnapEDA. This service=
 was briefly mentioned in another thread; from what I have seen so far it i=
s worth sharing in its own thread.<br><br></div><div>SnapEDA (see [1])<br>-=
&gt; Free commercial use and export of their library of symbols and footpri=
nts<br></div><div>-&gt; Exports to Kicad/Eagle/Altium/Orcad/PADS/etc...<br>=
</div><div>- (Its a shame gEDA isn&#39;t on that list, not that it isn&#39;=
t hard to convert...)<br></div><div>-&gt; No apparent usage limitations or =
vendor lock-in required. They seem to make money not by selling their symbo=
ls, but by selling symbol creation and batch exporting  services.<br><br>Th=
eir business model is uncommon, I think, most companies of this type requir=
e subscriptions.<br><br></div><div>So far I have downloaded symbols for a f=
ew microcontrollers and FPGAs; they look fine and match up with datasheets =
as far as I can tell. I&#39;m going to give their library a test drive by b=
uilding a design using a few exported parts.<br><br><div><div>--Jason White=
<br><br>[1] <a href=3D"http://snapeda.com" target=3D"_blank">snapeda.com</a=
><br></div>
</div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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