I would be happy to let something like that sit and run on one of my PCs to help test it.
Andrew B On Monday, April 28, 2014 9:07:54 PM UTC-7, pikeaero wrote: > > > Hi guys, > > I was the original author of QAutorouter, sorry, I've been in hybernation > for the last year while I keep my livelyhood from going under. Still up to > my neck, but I've been able to loosen up some cycles and I have just > started to work on QAutorouter again. > > I've been studying searching and routing algorithms over the last year or > two, and I think I have a pretty good handle on plan for a simple routing > algorithm. The path finder will be based on the A* path finding algorithm > at the core, using a manhattan-length heuristic future-cost estimation > function, then wrapped in some kinds of "fitting" helpers that account for > track widths, punching through layers, etc... > > Anybody interested in that sort of thing, help would certainly be welcome. > > --Mike > > On 04/28/2014 08:41 PM, 'Andrew Lynch <[email protected]> <javascript:>' > via N8VEM-S100 'Andrew Lynch <[email protected]> <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > If you are looking to make an important lasting contribution to hobbyist > home electronics and are software proficient please consider working on > QAutorouter project. > > > > KiCAD has only rudimentary autorouting capability and relies on > FreeRouting.net. > > > > This is inherently dangerous as FreeRouting is closed source proprietary > software. > > > > There is a long standing and sincere need for free hobbyist PCB > autorouting/push & shove manual routing software. > > > > Please consider. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/qautorouter/?source=navbar > > > > Thanks and have a nice day! > > Andrew Lynch > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "N8VEM-S100" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
