WooHoo - It looks like I get to post the first message :) I've never done any board layout before, but I'm planning on doing some soon. How does FreePCB...
... Eagle is very popular among hobbiest, but the free version can only do smaller boards and it is a real PITA to learn. The UI is left over from the DOS...
Does this program have the capability to view Gerber files. Does anyone have a recommendation for a free Gerber viewer. I am currently using Lavenir Viewmate...
... The docs for FreePCB indicates it will accept the PADS-PCB netlist format. I believe many programs can output this. I don't recall if Eagle can or not,...
... I don't think this program lets you view gerbers. I have used GCPreview in the past and tried others that I did not like as well. I have not found any...
... Hmmmm, that is a tough question to answer. You might try looking in the links section of this group. I think you may find what you are looking for....
... currently ... I haven't tried it yet but I was told yesterday at PCBWest that www.FreeDFM.com has recently upgraded its site. The changes allow you to...
Just in case anyone here has already downloaded the software, Allan has recently updated the program to version 1.0. I believe the main change from the...
I guess I had not thought much about it since I have a copy of Orcad for schematic capture, but a good, open source schematic capture program would be useful....
... I'd even be happy with a Linux one. I've been playing with a new tool: http://www.colinux.org/ that lets me run Linux as a Win32 process. I've used it to...
... There is a set of tools for EDA that run under Linux. http://www.geda.seul.org/ I think this set includes schematic capture as well as board layout and...
... Not open source, but i guess there will be some pin/size-limited schematic/pcb packages that are free and have no limit in the schematic part. maybe eagle?...
I guess I haven't been following the free tools for schematic capture and PCB layout. Can someone provide a summary of the tools available and why FreePCB is...
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:57:46 -0700, Russell Anderson ... If someone tests them all, or any, i'd appreciate to hear about it. Things i would be especially...
... capture and PCB layout. Can someone provide a ... that the other packages? I picked up a Circuit ... duplication. But it would seem that there are at ... ...
There is another free schematic and PCB program available from a company PCB123 - check their website www.PCB123.com. This company also offers short turnaround...
... I don't want to give anyone a hard time. But I would like to limit the range of discussion for this group to open source tools. There are a lot of "free"...
Rick, I agree, but there needs to be enough background on FreePCB to know how it compares with what is available. If it isn't a discussion, then someone at...
Hi there, Frankly, I don't know much about PCB layout. My two cents regarding what we can do in this site. Agree with you, Russell, regarding having the FAQ. ...
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:57:27 -0800 (PST), Devon Lee <devonsc@...> ... There are no general rules, as there can not be rules to art. However, there are...
Ooops, real sorry for my craps. So so sorry. Didn't know much about PCB. Thanks for your advice. Will visit the site to find out more. Thanks again :) Have a...
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:27:08 -0800 (PST), Devon Lee <devonsc@...> ... No reason to be sorry, most beginners think there is some "secret" to pcb making...
... Certainly no one needs to apologize for their post. All questions are welcome. My request that this group be oriented to FreePCB is not to exclude "any"...
Hi everyone. I wrote FreePCB and I'm having a lot of fun with it. Thanks to Rick for setting up this group. It's been very interesting to read your comments....
Hi Allan Thanks being with us! And of course for your program! I am very new to the particular product of yours and haven't looked at the code either... I am...
I figure now is as good a time as n_ever to write it all down :) I have enjoyed teaching OOP (in Java) before, and I have some interesting plans brewing, so I...
I have built a small test circuit in Orcad and exported the netlist. I brought that into FreePCB rather easily and started mapping my parts to parts in the...
... that's called back annotate, and i see no way how the author could do it while allowing many different programs to create the netlist. I would say all...
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