I'll add my $0.01 (depreciated). I am working on a project with Eagle. I started with the Gnu cad stuff but like many free software projects, it has multiple user interfaces and clunks. I tired of it and switched to Eagle.
Eagle also has quirks but has the ability to switch back and forth between schematic and layout. I have added parts with the XML format and while painful, it's not impossible. Also, the user library of scripts is very useful: there is one that converts the schematic to a SPICE netlist (suitable for LTSpice with a little massaging). If/when I need a larger board than the free version then I'll have to decide what to do. But for the time being, it's OK. (And, as I like to say, when it comes to advice, you get what you pay for). On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:49 AM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz > <charles_steinm...@lavabit.com> wrote: >> I've been using LTspice for schematic capture and simulation at home. Will >> the PCB CAD tools being discussed (Eagle, DesignSpark, FreePCB, etc.) import >> netlists from LTspice? Or do folks prefer to do the schematic capture in a >> CAD tool and export that netlist to LTspice for simulation? > > > LT Spice is basically just the normal Spice simulator with a schematic > capture program acting as a front end. LTspice can export standard > Spice net lists and can save to it's own file format too. The spice > net lists don't have any graphical information and don't have > footprints. > > I find I don't need to move data from a simulation to a design > program because to rarely simulate exactly the target circuit. You > usually have to Spice specific stuff components like signal generators > or maybe some parasitic capacitance for realism. These parts only > exist in a simulation not on the PCB. > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.