Eagle all the way. It's free and the documentation is good enough to get you by. There is a huge hobbiest following as well if you get stuck. Definitely read the tutorial on creating parts. It'll be nearly impossible to wing.
The free version has some limits. 80mmx100mm boards, 2 layers, and I think 2 schematic sheets. -Bob On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Nowadays you can simply download the design software for free from the fab > houses. > > Try PCB 123 from sunstone.com > > Good shop, reasonable prices for quick protos. > > bye, > Said > > > In a message dated 2/23/2012 16:39:12 Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] > writes: > > What do people use these days for schematic capture (and just possibly PCB > > layout), for low-budget homebrew stuff? It's been so long since I did > this, I > still own a T-square and a pile of contemporary relics like rules and > triangles. > I'll get out my pencil sharpener if I have to. But really, this must be a > solved problem by now. For less than $300? I only need TTL, not > striplines or > any black magic like that. > > I'm a Mac shop, but can of course run Windows if need be. And to make > matters > worse, I prefer ANSI logic symbology over shovels-and-spades (or, really, > over > plain rectangles where you're expected to know what the part number > means). > This comes from exposure to Control Data, who were big on it back in the > day. I > even used to be on the mailing list of the standards committee. I suppose > that > all sank without a trace? If it's still controversial, I apologize in > advance > for trolling. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
