This is indirectly pertinent to the group since I am designing a PCB for
the HP-419A and Fluke 845A modifications. Does anyone have any
experience/comments on the Design Spark PCB design package? Is is a viable
package for hobbyist use?
thanks,
Randy Evans
When I tried Design Spark PCB I wasn't impressed, though I'm told it has got
better in the intervening year or so.
An example: most PCB design packages put down multi opamps/logic chips as
individual pieces with 1 gate/opamp per piece (e.g. U16A, U16B, U16C, U16D),
but DS PCB placed a single
Lack of forward/back annotation would kill it for me too!
Dave
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Has anyone had any Gerber file compatibility issues with batch pcb
manufacturers? For example, pad sizes or trace widths not matching what is
on the screen.
Todd
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 4:41 PM, David C. Partridge
david.partri...@perdrix.co.uk wrote:
Lack of forward/back annotation would kill
Have you looked at Kicad? It is used by both professionals and hobbyists,
and being open source, is not reliant on RS to update it.
Now there is a decent open source PCB layout program, I would not suggest
anyone learn a new proprietary package unless there were very good
reasons, such as an
I had same experiance with DS, even it is free, it not quite professional to
use.
I checked several free available PCB programs. I would recommend KiCAD, but the
free version of EAGLE and the free German program Target 3001 (actual v1.7) I
can also recommend.
BR
Ludger Lenzen
Gesendet:
Another program that is supposed to be very nice is DIPTRACE. Their free
version is limited by pin count... Eagle's free version is limited by board
size. Eagle has more community support than the other packages.
On 5 Jan 2015 15:36, Randy Evans randyevans2...@gmail.com wrote:
This is indirectly pertinent to the group since I am designing a PCB for
the HP-419A and Fluke 845A modifications. Does anyone have any
experience/comments on the Design Spark PCB design package? Is is a
viable
package for
