Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-21 Thread NeonJohn
On 12/19/2016 08:49 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: > What you have in schematics and layout does not matter that much, > if you have the money to keep an Eagle license around. In my experience > the only IP that matters are reviewed and known good schematic symbol > and footprint libraries.

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-19 Thread Attila Kinali
On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:17:17 -0500 NeonJohn wrote: > > If you don't have any personal preference, then > > KiCad is definitely the way to go. It has improved > > dramatically since it got the CERN treatment and > > doesn't cost a cent regardless of size and layers. > >

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-15 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Randy wrote: KiCad looks very good and I downloaded it to try it out. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Sprint-Layout from Abacom: Back in January 2015, Sam Reaves posted a nice writeup of this package. Based on his post, I tried

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
On 14 Dec 2016 14:14, "Dan Kemppainen" wrote: > If it's a one off board, with a handful of components anything should work. You can always redraw it later in something else. If you have 500 components, differential signals, and controlled impedance stuff that's a different

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread Joel Setton
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Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On 12/14/2016 7:18 AM, volt-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Our company has been committed to Eagle for about 5 years. The problem you face is that your investment in IP (schematics, board layouts, component libraries, etc) vastly out-values the software. With a proprietary system, you're

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread Herbert Poetzl
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 04:04:39PM -0800, Randy Evans wrote: > KiCad looks very good and I downloaded it to try it out. Make sure to get the 'latest' version, it really makes a difference compared to older versions. > However, does anyone have a good, low-cost PCB fab house > to recommend?

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread John Devereux
Randy Evans writes: > KiCad looks very good and I downloaded it to try it out. However, does > anyone have a good, low-cost PCB fab house to recommend? I am designing a > voltage reference programmable fro 0 to 10 volts with a LTZ1000 reference > and settabiltiy of

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread Steve Wiseman
On 14 December 2016 at 00:04, Randy Evans wrote: > KiCad looks very good and I downloaded it to try it out. However, does > anyone have a good, low-cost PCB fab house to recommend? I am designing a > voltage reference programmable fro 0 to 10 volts with a LTZ1000

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-14 Thread David C. Partridge
2016 00:05 To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist KiCad looks very good and I downloaded it to try it out. However, does anyone have a good, low-cost PCB fab house to recommend? I am designing a voltage reference programmable fro 0 to 10 volts

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-13 Thread Randy Evans
KiCad looks very good and I downloaded it to try it out. However, does anyone have a good, low-cost PCB fab house to recommend? I am designing a voltage reference programmable fro 0 to 10 volts with a LTZ1000 reference and settabiltiy of 0.1ppm and I need a PCB fabbed. Thanks, Randy Evans

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-13 Thread Herbert Poetzl
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 04:39:36PM -0800, Randy Evans wrote: > Does anyone have experience with PCBArtist? Sorry, no PCBArtist experience here. > It looks pretty good for 2-layer board up to 60 > in^2 for $33 but I have no experience with it. > I was looking at Eagle PCB but it's pretty

Re: [volt-nuts] PCB Artist

2016-12-12 Thread Andreas Bergmann
Hi Randy, On 13.12.2016 01:39, Randy Evans wrote: > Does anyone have experience with PCBArtist? It looks pretty good for > 2-layer board up to 60 in^2 for $33 but I have no experience with it. I > was looking at Eagle PCB but it's pretty expensive for a 4-layer capability > version. I have