On Thursday 04 August 2005 10:29 pm, Stuart Brorson wrote: > Kicad is a marvelous program for board design
> Finally, Kicad doesn't build nicely, i.e. it doesn't use the > GNU build system (i.e. configure etc.), wxWindows programs typically use Bakefiles to build they makefiles. So it might be a simple mater to change the Bakefile template. > After that, John Luciani passed out some info about his latest Perl > creations: A set of scripts which handle BOM management. John's > scripts are waaaaaay more advanced than the simple BOM generation > provided by "gnetlist -g bom" > We talked about the problems involved > with parts procurement & how that can be integrated into the design > cycle upfront, instead of at the end of the design phase. Hope John posts them. I actually try to do the BOM upfront, as well as pick the board vendor before I start the layout. You have to know the footprint before you start, so you might as well find out if you can buy the part first. > into a discussion about PRM and ERP software, which I think is a > possible next step for gEDA. I was able to get Compiere running on my Linux box using Fyracle http://www.fyracle.org/ http://www.compiere.org/ http://www.janus-software.com/fb_fyracle.html Fyracle web site has a bug that always gets you stuck in the 'News' page. I'll dig up the right links if anyone is interested, have to leave for work now. -- http://www.softwaresafety.net/ http://www.unusualresearch.com/ http://www.bpaddock.com/
