# gEDA Project Wiki

## What is gEDA?

The gEDA project is developing a full GPL‘d suite of Electronic Design Automation tools. These tools are used for electrical circuit design, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, and production. Currently, the gEDA project offers a mature suite of free software applications for electronics design, including schematic capture, attribute management, bill of materials (BOM) generation, netlisting into over 20 netlist formats, analog and digital simulation, and printed circuit board (PCB) layout.

The tools involved in the Suite enable you to professional-quality design of low- to mid-level complexity. Using the gEDA tools, you can create PCB of up to 8 layers (soon more) with an unlimited number of components and nets. The tools are suitable for use by students, educators, hobbiests, consultants, small businesses, and even in large corporations where an engineer might need to crank out a quick PC board (e.g. for a test stand) in a hurry.

All of the software in the gEDA suite can be found on the downloads page.

## Official Project documentation

These are the official project docs. They have been converted from LaTeX and HTML documents into Wiki pages so that the gEDA community may more easily maintain them.

- Documentation : The latest versions of the gEDA Tool Suite documentation.

## FAQs and Informal Project Documentation

These are FAQs, HOWTOs, and tips/tricks to help you with the practical details of using the gEDA Suite. If you are having a problem, browse these pages first.

- FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions about the gEDA project itself.
- Installation : GEDA installation HOWTO and FAQ.
- Glossary : Glossary of terms that are specific to the gEDA Suite
- Usage : Questions about how to do electronic design using the gEDA toolset – information which applies to several or all tools in the gEDA Suite.
- FAQ-gschem : Questions about installing, configuring, and using gschem. Also, questions about creating and using gschem symbols.
- FAQ-attribs : Dealing with BOMs, DRCs, attribute management, and all that.
- FAQ-gnetlist : Questions about installing, configuring, and using gnetlist.
- FAQ-simulation : Questions about simulating your design using gEDA tools.
- FAQ-gsch2pcb : How to take your design to layout using PCB.
- PCB tips : Tips and tricks for using PCB.
- PCB-quick reference : PCB Quick Reference Sheet.
- Tasks : A toplevel jobs/tasks that need help.
- ToDos : For developers only: lists of pending project enhancements and to-dos.

## Talks

These are slides of presentations done about gEDA. They provide a good top-level overview of the project for those who are interested.

- talks: Various talks and presentations on gEDA

## Translations

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- Spanish language links

## About this Wiki

This section of the gEDA website is dedicated to documentation that is contributed by a multitude of authors, including users. In particular, it should grow into a resource of information for those who just started to work with the tools.

Anyone is welcome to contribute. Unlike wikipedia there is no button to create a login by yourself. This is because nobody at the gEDA site has the nerves to deal with anonymous vandalism. Consequently, you have to write an email to the site admin (ahvezda AT geda.seul.org) to gain access. He will gladly send you a login.