A guide to the adventurer
First of all basic electronics can be simple to understand, but to understand it deeply and see were the rabbit hole goes you have to do some serious kind of study. The plan to enlightenment has multiple parallel path’s, but books, internet info, youtube video channels and good forums constitute the main pillars.
I’m suggesting that you read the books from cover to cover and not only for reference.
The first book that you should read is a cheap book but a very good one.
Practical Electronics for Inventors, 4th Edition
by Paul Scherz, Simon Monk
Pag. 1050
Now that you know a little bit about what electronics is in the majority of the fields that are connected to electronic circuits, you should try to delve a little deeper in each subject.
DC Electrical Circuit Analysis - A Practical Approach
by James M. Fiore
Pag. 374 Price: Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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AC Electrical Circuit Analysis - A Practical Approach
by James M. Fiore
Pag. 422 Price: Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Workbook for DC Electrical Circuits
by James M. Fiore
Pag. 128 Price: Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Workbook for AC Electrical Circuits
by James M. Fiore
Pag. 159 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
book
Fundamentals of Electric Circuits 6th Edition
by Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku
Pag. 992
Semiconductor Devices: Theory & Application
by James M. Fiore
Pag. 407 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Operational Amplifiers & Linear Integrated Circuits 3th Edition
by James M. Fiore
Pag. 589 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Principles of Electronics
by Colin Mitchell
Pag. 778 Price Free online
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Grob's Basic Electronics 12th Edition
by Mitchel Schultz
Pag. 1264
Electronic Principles 8th Edition
by Albert Malvino, David Bates
Pag. 1120
Fundamentals of Microelectronics 2nd Edition
by Behzad Razavi
Pag. 928
The Art of Electronics 3th Edition
by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Pag. 1220
The Art of Electronics - The x Chapters
by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
Pag. 500
Learning the Art of Electronics - A Hands-On Lab Course 1st Edition
by Thomas C. Hayes, Paul Horowitz
Pag. 1150
Electronic Circuits: Handbook for Design and Application, 2º Edition
by Ulrich Tietze
Pag. 1543
Microelectronic Circuits 8th Edition
by Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. (KC) Smith, Tony Chan Carusone, Vincent Gaudet
Pag. 1296
Power Electronics
by Daniel Hart
Pag 496
Small Signal Audio Design 2th Edition
by Douglas Self
Pag 780
Audio Power Amplifier Design, 6th Edition
by Douglas Self
Pag 718
Designing Audio Power Amplifiers 2nd Edition
by Bob Cordell
Pag 792
Electromagnetics Explained - A Handbook for Wireless/RF, EMC, and High-Speed Electronics 1st Edition
by Ron Schmitt
Pag 410
Radio Hobbyist’s Designbook
by Leonard H. Anderson
K6LHA
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Fundamentals of Microwave and RF Design 3th Edition
by Michael Steer
Pag 229, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Microwave and RF Design: Radio Systems. Volume 1, 3th Edition
by Michael Steer
Pag 244, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Microwave and RF Design: Transmission Lines. Volume 2, 3th Edition
by Michael Steer
Pag 284, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Microwave and RF Design: Networks. Volume 3, 3th Edition
by Michael Steer
Pag 240, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Microwave and RF Design: Modules. Volume 4, 3th Edition
by Michael Steer
Pag 254, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Microwave and RF Design: Amplifiers and Oscillators. Volume 5, 3th Edition
by Michael Steer
Pag 219, Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Circuit Design - Practical Analysis and Design Tools
by Manou Ghanevati, Ali Behagi
Pag 304
RF Circuit Design 2nd Edition
by Christopher Bowick
Pag 256
Microwave Engineering 4th Edition
by David M. Pozar
Pag. 752
Planar Microwave Engineering: A Practical Guide to Theory, Measurement, and Circuits
by Thomas H. Lee
Pag. 882
RF Microelectronics 2nd Edition
by Behzad Razavi
Pag. 916
Practical Antenna Handbook, 5th Edition
by Joseph Carr, George Hippisley
Pag 784
Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 4th Edition
by Constantine A. Balanis
Pag. 1104
KiCad Like a Pro
by Dr Peter Dalmaris
Pag 485
Signal Integrity Issues and Printed Circuit Board Design
by Douglas Brooks
Pag 428
Signal and Power Integrity - Simplified 3rd Edition
by Eric Bogatin
Pag 992
High Speed Digital Design - A Handbook of Black Magic
by Howard W. Johnson, Martin Graham
Pag 447
Embedded Controllers using C and Arduino 2nd Edition
By James Fiore
Pag. 166 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Laboratory Manual for Embedded Controllers using C and Arduino 2nd Edition
By James Fiore
Pag. 100 Price Free Creative commons, but small symbolic price if bought on paper on Amazon.
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Programming Arduino - Getting Started with Sketches, 2nd Edition
by Simon Monk
Pag 192
Programming Arduino Next Steps: Going Further with Sketches, 2nd Edition
by Simon Monk
Pag 320
AVR Programming - Learning to Write Software for Hardware
by Elliot Williams
Pag 474
Beginning STM32 - Developing with FreeRTOS, libopencm3 and GCC
by Warren Gay
Pag 432
Real-time Operating Systems Book 1: The Theory
by Dr. Jim Cooling
Pag 296
Digital Design and Computer Architecture: ARM Edition
by Sarah Harris, David Harris
Pag 584
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 6th Edition
by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson
Pag 936
Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface
by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
Pag 696
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3th Edition
by Randal E. Bryant, David R. O'Hallaron
Pag 1120
Exploring Raspberry Pi: Interfacing to the Real World with Embedded Linux
by Derek Molloy
Pag 720
Verilog by Example: A Concise Introduction for FPGA Design
by Blaine Readler
Pag 124
VHDL By Example: A Concise Introduction for FPGA Design
by Blaine Readler
Pag 120
The Scientist & Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
by Steven W. Smith
Pag 626 Price Free on the net
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Understanding Digital Signal Processing 3rd Edition
by Richard G. Lyons
Pag 954
Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming
by Eric Matthes
Pag 544
C Programming- A Modern Approach, 2nd Edition
by K. N. King
Pag 832
Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ 2nd Edition
by Bjarne Stroustrup
Pag 1312
The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook
by Michael Kerrisk
Pag 1553
Linux Driver Development for Embedded Processors, 2th Edition
by Alberto Liberal de los Ríos
Pag 680
Engineering Mathematics
by Prof Anthony Croft, Dr Robert Davison
Pag 1024
Higher Engineering Mathematics, 8th edition
by John Bird
Pag 924
Advanced Physics For You
by Keith Johnson , Simmone Hewett
Pag 512
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol I, Vol II and Vol III
by Richard Feynman
Pag 1552 Price Free on the net
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TinyML: Machine Learning with TensorFlow Lite on Arduino and Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers
by Pete Warden, Daniel Situnayake
Pag 504
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems 2nd Edition
by Aurélien Géron
Pag 851
- Engineering Discovery
- Circuit I & II Lab Activities
- Electronics I & II
- Electronics I & II Lab Activities
- Online Teaching Materials
- HackADay
- EEVBlog
- The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast
- All about circuits
- KiCAD free PCB software
- LTSpice free simulation software
- freeRTOS
- Free Electronics books and software
- Talking Electronics
- Random Nerd Tutorials
- Antenna-Theory - Pete Bevelacqua
- Eloquent Arduino - Machine Learning for microcontrollers blog
- Electronics with Professor Fiore
- EEVBlog
- The Signal Path
- w2aew
- Applied Science
- GreatScott
- Andreas Spiess
- Jack Ganssle
- Two Handheld DMM (to measure voltage and current at the same time)
- Soldering iron or station
- Two power supplies
- Oscilloscope – 2 or 4 channels 100MHz
- How NOT To Blow Up Your Oscilloscope!
- Wave Form generator
- Logical analyzer (if possible)
- Spectrum Analyzer (nice but expensive gear)
- Resistors - Types and applciations
- Capacitors - The family tree
- Winding single-layer air coils
- The story of the transistor
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 1
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 2
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 3
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 4
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 5
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 6
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 7
- Bipolar transistor cookbook - Part 8
- How to use a transistor as a switch
- The field effect transistor
- FET principles and circuits - Part 1
- FET principles and circuits - Part 2
- FET principles and circuits - Part 3
- FET principles and circuits - Part 4
- Power MOSFETs - Part 1
- Power MOSFETs - Part 2
- TRIAC principles and circuits - Part 1
- TRIAC principles and circuits - Part 2
- OpAmp cookbook - Part 1
- OpAmp cookbook - Part 2
- OpAmp cookbook - Part 3
- OpAmp cookbook - Part 4
- Oscilators
- RF oscilators
- Seven common ways to generate a sine wave
- Filter basics - Stop, block, and roll off
- Filter design software
- Smith chart fundamentals
- The discovery of radio waves
- Making a modern radio
- How phases array antennas work
- Radar and electronic warfare fundamentals
- Understanding digital logic ICs - Part 1
- Understanding digital logic ICs - Part 2
- Understanding digital logic ICs - Part 3
- Understanding digital logic ICs - Part 4
Selected Videos on the tenacity to make a complex electronic product when you don't even know how blink an LED.
- Why Learn Basic Electronics?
- Electricity & Magnetism - The Learning Circuit
- Resistors - The Learning Circuit
- Reading Resistor Chart Values - The Learning Circuit
- Switches - Poles, Throws, and Relays - The Learning Circuit
- How Capacitors Work - The Learning Circuit
- Intro to Inductors - The Learning Circuit
- How OpAmps Work - The Learning Circuit
- How Diodes Work - The Learning Circuit
- Types of Diodes - The Learning Circuit
- How Transistors Work - The Learning Circuit
- How FETs Function - The Learning Circuit
- How Logic Gates Work - The Learning Circuit
- How Integrated Circuits Work - The Learning Circuit
- How 555 timers Work - The Learning Circuit
- Introducing Microphones and Speakers - The Learning Circuit
- Intro to DC Motors - The Learning Circuit
- Circuit Symbols & Diagrams - The Learning Circuit
- Making a Circuit from a Schematic - The Learning Circuit
- Learning About Polymer Capacitors - The Learning Circuit
- The Learning Circuit - Learning to Solder!
- The Learning Circuit - Basic Soldering Tools
- The Learning Circuit - Series & Parallel Circuits
- The Learning Circuit - Ohm's Law
- The Learning Circuit - The Science of Electricity
- Original article
DIY Operational Amplifier by JIM KEITH - Video - 411 Build an OpAmp - part 1 - current source
- Video - 412 Build an OpAmp - part 2 - differential amplifier
- Video - 413 Build an OpAmp - part 3 - output driver
- Video - 414 Build an OpAmp - part 4 - output stage
- Video - 415 Build an OpAmp - part 5 - offset voltage adjust
- Video - 416 Build an OpAmp - part 6 - how an OpAmp works
- Video - 417 Build an OpAmp - part 7 - Spice modeling the DIY Op-Amp
- This video explains the Class B and AB of a Push and Pull and other type of class B and AB amplifier.
Video - 271 two types of class B amplifiers
- Rapid Prototyping RF Filters with Tape and QUCS - Incredible
- Phase Locked Loop Tutorial - PLL Basics
- PLL Phase Locked Loop Tutorial & Primer - Series
- Getting Started with STM32 and Nucleo Part 1 - Introduction to STM32CubeIDE and Blinky – Digi-Key
- Getting Started With STM32 and Nucleo Part 2 - How to Use I2C to Read Temperature Sensor TMP102
- Getting Started With STM32 and Nucleo Part 3 - FreeRTOS - How To Run Multiple Threads w/ CMSIS-RTOS
- Getting Started With STM32 & Nucleo Part 4 - Working with ADC and DMA
- Programming the Adafruit Feather STM32F405 Express with STM32CubeIDE
- Site MicroPython - link
- Site MicroPython - The locations of several already compiled images for MicroPython for several different boards
- GitHub MicroPython - see examples, ports and port/minimal to STM32 example
First video tutorial
- MicroPython #1 - Lets Get Started
- MicroPython #2 - Hit the ground running
- MicroPython #3 - Fundamentals
- MicroPython #4 - PWM, ADC, Timers & Interrupts
- MicroPython #5 - JSON & Network Modules and Practical Example
- MicroPython Made Easier
Second video tutorial more project based
- ESP32 MicroPython Tutorial with Raspberry Pi
- ESP32 MicroPython MQTT Tutorial with Raspberry Pi and DHT-22 and OLED
- ESP32 MicroPython Web Server
- ESP32 MicroPython OLED Tutorial with ADC and FTP
- ESP32 MicroPython Capacitive Touch and Sound Tutorial
- ESP32 LoBo MicroPython WebSocket Server with ReactJS and MST
- Intro to Edge AI - Machine Learning and IoT
- Getting Started with TensorFlow and Keras
- Intro to TensorFlow Lite Part 1 - Wake Word Feature Extraction
- Intro to TensorFlow Lite Part 2 - Speech Recognition Model Training
- Intro to TensorFlow Lite Part 3 - Speech Recognition on Raspberry Pi
- 7. Breadboards or Protoboards
- 18. Semiconductor and Diode Basics
- 19. Half-Wave Rectifiers Explained
- 20. Full Wave Rectifier Using A Center-Tapped Transformer
- 21. Diode Bridge Rectifiers
- 22. Zener Diodes
- 23. Three Terminal Linear Voltage Regulators
- 24. Varactors
- 147. w2aew - Basics of Varactor Diodes - Voltage Controlled Oscillator VCO Example
- 302. w2aew - Back to Basics: How to match diodes - measurement setups to find diodes that are matched
- 25. An Introduction to Bipolar Junction Transistors - BJTs
- 26. Base Bias vs Voltage Divider Bias
- 27. Reading Transistor Datasheets
- 28. More on Voltage Divider Biasing
- 29. Common Emitter Circuits
- 31. Common Base Amplifiers
- 32. Multistage Transistor Amplifiers
- 33. Class A Amplifier Efficiency
- 34. Transformer Coupled Class A Amplifiers
- 35. Class B and Class AB Amplifiers
- 36. The Darlington Pair and Sziklai Pair
- 37. Class C Amplifiers
- 38. Class D Amplifiers
- 47. Negative Feedback and Total Harmonic Distortion
- 54. Cascode Amplifiers and the Miller Effect
- 55. Differential Amplifiers
- 79. Some Problems With This Current Mirror
- EEVBlog 1116 - How to Remove Power Supply Ripple
- 281. w2aew - Bipolar Transistor Switching Time Measurement
- 138. w2aew - How to Measure Output Impedance
- 191. w2aew - Beware of test equipment loading effects. Learn from my error
- 131. w2aew - How to test transistors - NPN and PNP bipolar junction transistors, BJTs
- 232. w2aew - More Circuit Fun: Simple transistor curve tracer using Stairstep generator circuit
- 49. w2aew - Simple Component Tester using Oscilloscope - Octopus Curve Tracer
- 39. Junction Field Effect Transistors - An Introduction
- 40. JFET Gate Bias and Self Bias
- 41. JFET Voltage Divider Bias
- 42. JFETs as Variable Resistors
- 43. FET Common Source Amplifiers
- 44. JFET Common Gate Amplifiers
- 45. JFET Common Drain Amplifier
- 46. D-Type Mosfets
- 48. A Multistage JFET Amplifier
- 49. Enhancement Mode MOSFETS
- 50. E-Mosfet Applications
- 51. D Type MOSFET Applications
- 56. Combination FET and BJT Circuit - BIFET
- 132. w2aew - How to test MOSFETs with a DMM - a few methods
- 52. Thyristors
- 53. UJTs and PUTs
- 121. w2aew - Basics of SCRs and some circuit fun - device and circuit tutorial
- EEVblog 600 - OpAmps Tutorial - What is an Operational Amplifier
- EEVblog 859 - Bypass Capacitor Tutorial
- 55. Differential Amplifiers
- 57. Op Amp Basics Part 1
- 58. OP Amp Basics Part 2
- 59. Op Amp Basics Part 3 - Inverting and Non-Inverting Op Amps
- 60. Op Amp Basics Part 4 - Impedance - Bandwidth and Gain
- 61. Summing Amplifiers
- 62. Op Amps as Comparators
- 63. Op Amp Output Bounding
- 64. Integrators
- 65. Differentiators
- 66. Low Pass Active Filters
- 67. Active Band-pass Filters
- 68. Band-Stop Filters
- 69. Twin T Notch Filter
- 90. w2aew - Measure Capacitors and Inductors with an Oscilloscope and some basic parts
- 100. w2aew - Capacitor self-resonance measured with an oscilloscope and signal generator - how to tutorial
- 135. w2aew - Measure Capacitor ESR with an Oscilloscope and Function Generator
- 199. w2aew - Measuring coil inductance and IF transformer resonant frequency
- 55. w2aew - Back to Basics: Tutorial on LC Resonant Circuits
- 84. w2aew - Basics of Ferrite Beads - Filters - EMI Suppression - Parasitic oscillation suppression - Tutorial
- 70. Phase Shift Oscillators
- 71. The Wien Bridge Oscillator
- 72. The Colpitts Oscillator - Part 1 - Op Amps
- 73. Colpitts Oscillators Part 2 - Transistors
- 74. Colpitts Oscillators Part 3 - Crystals
- 75. How I learned to Love the Decibel
- 260. w2aew - RF Diode Mixer LO Drive Level and Conversion Loss - 1dB Compression - Distortion
- 76. Phase Locked Loops
- 77. PLLs as Frequency Multipliers
- 78. The PLL as a FM Demodulator
- 303. w2aew - What is a Pulse Counting FM Demodulator - Detector - Discriminator
- 80. Elenco Radio Kit Unboxing
- 82. AM Radio Basics - A Block Diagram
- 83. Elenco Radio Kit IC Audio Amplifier
- 81. Finding the Unknown Impedance of a RF Cable
- 161. w2aew - Circuit Fun: a simple RF detector or demodulator probe for DMM or scope
- 181. w2aew - Basics of an RF Comb Generator - a tutorial
- 129. w2aew - How to cut circuit board PCB material - a couple of favorite methods I use
- 123. w2aew - Build a crystal oscillator from schematic thru prototype construction and testing - DIY
- 6. Digital Numbering Systems
- 8. Logic Gates and How to Use a Breadboard
- 9. Boolean Algebra
- 10. Karnaugh - Vietch Mapping
- 11. Basic Debouncing Circuits and Clocks
- 12. Flip Flops and Latches
- 13. Binary Counters and Shift Registers Using Flip Flops
- 14. Binary Math - Addition and Subtraction
- 15. Binary Adders and Subtractors
- 16. More Binary Counters
- 17. Liquid Crystal Displays and Drivers
- w2aew - NJARC Oscilloscope School a.k.a. Scopes For Dopes
- 1. Oscilloscope Basics Part 1
- 2. Oscilloscope Basics Part 2
- 3. Measuring Rise Time and Fall Time with an Oscilloscope
- 4. Lissajous Curves
- 5. Oscilloscope Probes
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Learn ESP32 with Arduino IDE
I took this course and I recommend it, because it is a good course. It's an extensive course, good for the beginner and not so beginners. It covers in many, many projects all the micro-controller programming and the IoT - Internet Of Things stuff with the Arduino IDE. The author is constantly adding material to the course. I have experience with several different micro-controllers and in my opinion, the ESP32 and the future ESP32-S02 are good safe bet's to learn micro-controllers in general and IoT in particular. Also they are low cost and have large range of advanced features.
Learn ESP32 with Arduino IDE -
Learn ESP32 The ESP-IDF
I took this course and I recommend it highly, this is an excellent course. This is a course for a more professional or more in depth persons, for the ones that really need to know what's under the hood and want to make use of every feature, capacity and possibility that the incredible ESP32 provides. The other kind of person that I can imagine doing this course is if you are already a developer for example in PC or web context, you will rapidly understand all the details and understand all the micro-controller power that the author explains to you. The framework used (ESP-IDF) is the one made by ExpressIF, the enterprise that makes the ESP32. The knowledge that you will obtain from this course is really profound, although the author goes to extensive length to explain the foundations that you need even in more advanced C programming, it is for people that already used a micro-controller before, be it a simple Arduino Uno board, or a more professional one. But I would like to say clearly that, the knowledge that you obtain from this course is profound. In my opinion it gives you the tools, it enables you to work professional on this field developing embedded systems software with the ESP32 including IoT. The course already as 12 hours, with all the code accessible in GitHub, but it's author is currently still adding content. It also includes advanced sections on freeRTOS. It uses in a very intelligent and useful way the free Visual Studio Code Editor in Windows and Linux, even allowing debugging in ESP32 inside Visual Studio Code with a cheap 10 dollars JTAG addon board.
Learn ESP32 The ESP-IDF
- KiCAD like a Pro
I took this course and reed the book and I recommend it highly, this is an excellent course. There comes a time that every person that enter this field of electronics or embedded systems, will feel the need to make a professional looking board for the system that you design. When breadboard, soldering wires or simples pre-fabricated modules connected by wires, are not enough. That is the time to start learning about how to design a PCB's. Starting by drawing the schematic, to the design of the effective PCB, reaching out to a fabric to make you PCB and then assemble in your home or in the fabric with an assembly service. This course cover it all. KiCAD is a free open source tool that is of professional grade.
KiCAD like a Pro
Best regards,
Joao Nuno Carvalho