Creating a custom EasyEDA Part
EasyEDA (Electronics Design Automation) is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design tool. There is an online version which works in any HTML5 capable web browser and/or you can download the client app for MacOS, Linux or Windows.
The standard edition of EasyEDA is free but there are professional and enterprise options that comes with a subscription. So far the standard edition has all the features that we need. We have written another article about our experience using EasyEDA and JLCPCB to build a PCB.
EasyEDA has been developed by JLCPCB, who manufacture PCB’s. They have an associated company, LCSC, which supplies parts. The idea is that you design your circuit and PCB using EasyEDA with parts from LCSC and then send it off to JLCPCB to be manufactured and assembled. It is a good example of vertical integration making it easier for the consumer.
You don’t have to use JLCPCB and LCSC, you can use parts from other companies and export the gerber file from EasyEDA for PCB manufacture by anybody. If you do this, there is a chance that the part you want isn’t in the library and hence has no schematic symbol or PCB footprint. In this situation, you need to create your own custom part and add it to the library.
