Fritzing - from prototype to product
www.fritzing.org


ABOUT THIS RELEASE
This is a preview release of Fritzing. Try it out on your project 
and let us know what requirements you have. Contribute to the part 
library and if you're a developer, have a look at the code. We greatly 
appreciate every contribution. Please join the discussion in our forums.  

WARNING
This is an early release and the software is not yet stable. We welcome
your bug reports.  Also please be aware that file formats may change 
as we move closer to a final release, so there's no guarantee that your
sketch files will open in future releases.


ABOUT FRITZING
Fritzing is an open-source initiative to support designers and artists in
taking the step from physical prototyping to actual product. We are
creating this software in the spirit of Processing and Arduino. Fritzing's 
goal is to allow the designer / artist / researcher / hobbyist to document 
their breadboard-based prototype and create a PCB layout for 
manufacturing.
We hope our website will be a place for people to share and discuss 
their projects and experiences.

Fritzing is essentially Electronic Design Automation software suited to the 
needs of designers and artists. It uses the metaphor of the breadboard, 
so that it is easy to transfer a hardware sketch to the software by using a 
drag-and-drop-based GUI to copy your sketch. From there it is possible 
to create PCB layouts for turning your prototype into a robust PCB, 
either on your own, or with the help of a manufacturer.

To launch Fritzing: 
	on Mac, double-click the Fritzing application
	on Linux, double-click fritzing.sh, or try ./fritzing.sh in your shell window
	on Windows, double-click fritzing.exe

GNU GPL v3 on the code and CreativeCommons:BY-SA on the rest

(c) 2007-2009 Fachhochschule Potsdam
design.fh-potsdam.de