What is your favorite PCB software?
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From: Leon on 7 Apr 2008 15:55 On 7 Apr, 15:19, "Joel" <joelben...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Just curious about what everyone uses. I've been using Orcad PCB editor.. http://www.pulsonix.com Leon
From: Anubis on 7 Apr 2008 15:59 Joel wrote: > Just curious about what everyone uses. I've been using Orcad PCB editor. GSCHEM and PCB here under FreeBSD
From: MK on 8 Apr 2008 03:59 "Joel" <joelbenway(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:pOidnUGOS6oVsGfanZ2dnUVZ_ramnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Just curious about what everyone uses. I've been using Orcad PCB editor. Easy PC - simple, cheap, stable a bit limited - ie running out of steam on 6 layer design with 256 pin BGAs where you start wishing you had fancy pin-swapping-to-optimise -routing features. Michael Kellett www.mkesc.co.uk
From: sprocket on 8 Apr 2008 05:32 MK wrote: > Easy PC - simple, cheap, stable a bit limited...you start wishing you had fancy > pin-swapping-to-optimise -routing features. Well you have got some pin swapping, which should be fine on an FPGA or the like, where the IOs are (mostly) equivalent. It's definitely not fancy though- it can't warn you if you blithely swap with some power or special purpose pin, and it doesn't know about groupings, so gate or opamp swapping needs a bit of care. And it's not automatic at all, and you end up with a lot of schematic tidy-up when you've finished. But I'd concur that it's a very good low- end package. JS
From: Ulf Samuelsson on 8 Apr 2008 04:59
> Just curious about what everyone uses. I've been using Orcad PCB editor. I am using Altium Designer since two years. It had some oddities in the beginning, but they have added some real nice things I've been wishing for in the latest versions. -- Best Regards, Ulf Samuelsson This is intended to be my personal opinion which may, or may not be shared by my employer Atmel Nordic AB |