On Feb 23, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Jim Hickstein wrote: > What do people use these days for schematic capture (and just possibly PCB > layout), for low-budget homebrew stuff?
[snip] > I'm a Mac shop, but can of course run Windows if need be. Basically there are only two reasonable choices for schematic capture on the Mac: Capilano's DesignWorks: <http://www.capilano.com/dwm_features>. Available only from the Mac App Store. VAMP's McCAD: <http://www.mccad.com/> Years ago, DesignWorks fit my budget much better than McCAD, but today I think they both offer free versions that can handle small hobby projects. For PCB layout on the Mac: Osmond PCB <http://www.osmondpcb.com/> Again, the Osmond free trial handles small hobby-sized boards. The price for the full version is quite reasonable. For spice, see <http://www.macspice.com/> There are some open-source apps using cross-platform GUI frameworks that compile on the Mac: KiCad: <http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page> If you can stomach Xwindows applications, then there are many open-source applications such as the Chipmunk system: <http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro/chipmunk/index.html> Best regards, -Steve -- Steve Byan <[email protected]> Littleton, MA 01460 _______________________________________________ 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.
