On Sunday 26 January 2003 12:08, somebody wrote > On Saturday 18 January 2003 06:03 am, Syd Levine \(AnaLog\) wrote: > > I have used Ivex WinDraft for several years, and like it OK. But I > > am having trouble with WinBoard for doing a PCB layout. > > > > I do no want to spend thousands, but maybe would fork over a > > hundred or two or three if I have to. Any suggestions for a good > > PCB program? I know this has been discussed in here before, but I > > do not remember the outcome. > > In my new job I've spent the last week looking at PCB programs. > > It has to be Windows Based, which leaves out the good ones. :-( > > http://www.autotraxeda.com/ can't be beat on price, it is *Free*. No > limits of any kind. Don't use autotrax-download.com any more, it > only has old stuff. I like it my self, easy to use with me coming > from a Protel back ground. It may go Open Source and Linux some day. > Boss is afraid of support issues because it is free (?). > > After looking at over a dozzen packages (any thing above $2,000 for > three 'seats' was not considered) we are down to two: > > A): > > http://www.cadsoft.de/ Eagle. > > B): > > http://www.labcenter.co.uk/ Proteus. > > I do have to say I *HATE* Proteus's web site, it doesn't even load in > Opera. You have to have Java just to get it up, I almost discounted > them because of that, had it been a home project I would have. Since > I was being paid to surf I endured it. > > Back to the issue at hand: > > Good: Eagle has lots of support from 3rd parties, easy to customize > etc. > > Bad: Little/wrong/no documentation. > > Very Bad: The user interface is tough to navigate, compared to some > thing like OrCAD or Protel (which is our combined back grounds). > > > Proteus: > Good: Excellent documentation. Large Libraries. User interface > does what you expect when you click on some thing. > > Bad: Find very little in the way of third party support, doesn't seem > to be well known. > > Does have a really cool demo of the simulator. There is a AVR > driving simulated LCD playing Chess. Doesn't play chess well, > actually rather badly, but it is cool to watch the nodes flash as it > "thinks". > > Comments?
ask the board manufacturers. A number here are set up to use Eagle files directly. -- Regards, Declan Moriarty. -- Author: Declan Moriarty INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
