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Get a sneak peek of Fritzing

We're very happy that you are interested in evaluating a very early version of Fritzing. Please be aware that this version is currently nowhere near the intended final version, and you should not use it for any serious purposes.

0005 ALPHA | 5 February 2008

Windows Mac OS X Linux History of Changes

Also get the PDK (Part Development Kit) if you're interested in making your own parts.

Getting started

Follow the installation guide to install Fritzing (and Eagle, if necessary)
Launch Fritzing
Start playing

Create a new sketch with File > New > Fritzing Sketch..
Notice: Fritzing creates two files for each project, a .fz and a .fzb
Add some parts and wire them together

Try out the PCB export

Finish your sketch and click File > Export > as Arduino Shield PCB..
Follow the instructions in the Fritzing menu on the right to finish your PCB.
Notice: If you don't see the text menu in the right column, you can enable it in Eagle under Options > User interface > Command texts.

Troubleshooting

Look at the troubleshooting page for some of the known quirks.

Testing

Please describe any bugs and problems you encounter in our issue tracker or the bug forum. If you have the necessary skills, we encourage you to investigate on the problem yourself and describe the bug (or even a solution) as detailed as possible. Thanks!

Note: Since this is a very early release, there will be many things that are not the way you might expect. Therefore, please do not post issues that are actually feature requests, in the sense "It currently works like this, but I'd rather it works like that..". We will set up a place for feature and change suggestions as soon as we think it makes sense.

Older Releases

0004 ALPHA > 29 01 2008 > Windows Mac OS X Linux
0003 ALPHA > 29 12 2007 > Windows Mac OS X Linux
0002 ALPHA > 06 12 2007 > Windows Mac OS X Linux
0001 ALPHA > 12 11 2007 > Windows Mac OS X Linux

Screenshot

Fritzing 0005 Alpha next to a vision of Fritzing 1.0. So please stay calm, we're working on the looks, too..

Source Code

For interested developers, the source code is available from our SVN repository at Google Code Hosting.
Our developer guide gives instructions on how to set up your environment.

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