Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-13 Thread Juha Kuusama
Harry Lemmens wrote: ... As someone has stated, Xilinx do indeed give away a VERY GOOD design suite that gets you easily to several hundred k gates, and covers the entire design very nicely. As does Altera. I don't know the others, but it is probably safe to assume that the smaller players in

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-13 Thread Ian Wilson
On 05:15 PM 13/04/2004, Juha Kuusama said: Harry Lemmens wrote: ... As someone has stated, Xilinx do indeed give away a VERY GOOD design suite that gets you easily to several hundred k gates, and covers the entire design very nicely. As does Altera. I don't know the others, but it is probably

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-13 Thread Tony Karavidas
-Original Message- From: Juha Kuusama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 12:16 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice? Harry Lemmens wrote: ... As someone has stated, Xilinx do indeed give away a VERY GOOD design suite

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-13 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 06:33 PM 4/12/2004, John A. Ross [RSDTV] wrote: I believe Altium/Protel has lost its 'common sense'... or maybe PCB designer sense at the very least. Which is a great pity, as from my understanding, I am sure Mr Lomax will correct me if I am wrong (as he seems pretty hot on Protel history)

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-13 Thread Brooks,Bill
to the mix. Bill Brooks PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D., C.I.I. Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 -Original Message- From: Harry Lemmens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 6:36 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice? I have been

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-13 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 03:40 AM 4/13/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think if Altium would decide that they have automated the bypassing process, it would be the last straw for many people who will realize that Altium has completely lost it. In my opinion, this is a narrow view. Yes, bypassing can be a complex

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-12 Thread Brooks,Bill
The key thing here John, may be, that Altium will need to have a separate group of people to service the needs of their Simulation/Nanoboard types from the PCB/SCH types. They certainly have more issues to respond to. A full suite of tools says to me.. 'one size fits all'... or more accurately

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-12 Thread Mike Reagan
, 2004 1:43 PM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice? The key thing here John, may be, that Altium will need to have a separate group of people to service the needs of their Simulation/Nanoboard types from the PCB/SCH types. They certainly have more issues to respond

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-12 Thread Brooks,Bill
: John A. Ross [RSDTV] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:34 PM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice? -Original Message- From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 6:43 PM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re

Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice?

2004-04-12 Thread Harry Lemmens
tool, but in fact do not!) Cheers Harry -Original Message- From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:36 AM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Would it not be nice? Yes I do get the option of assigning pins based upon the layout... but its