Chris,
Can't be much help selecting schematic entry. However,
after watching many people's frustration at dongles...the
dongle interfering with other software and the effect a
dead [and unsupported] dongle has on software that still
could work; I'd lean toward non-dongle type software.
Regarding MathCAD alternatives...
I highly recommend octave, which is designed to be 100%
compatible [not exactly true, but pretty close]. It is
distributed under GNU GPL, free, with open source, so you
can modify and add to your heart's content. Comes in Linux
flavor, if you wish. The Window's binary version is around
10MB, self installs fast, without insinuating itself
throughout your system. The author, John Eaton, and many
helpful people are active in the private support group, So
if you got a question, you have an answer less than an
hour.
Also recommend Sc1.exe as the text editor, not Notepad, or
the other one.
- Robert -
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 07:48:53 -0400
"Chris Maxwell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have recently been looking at schematic capture and
> layout packages. Two that are in use around me are Orcad
> and Proteus.
>
> Orcad schem capture and layout is about $6000, while
> Proteus schem capture and layout (without autoroute) are
> about$1800. Has anybody worked with both enough to
> provide a quick comparison? Will one or the other
> "pigeon hole" me?
>
> I have also been looking into MathCAD or MathCAD-like
> software. Are there any other choices other than MathCAD
> that anyone would recommend?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Maxwell
>
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