[time-nuts] Schematic capture, anyone?

[Robert Darlington]

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,  <SAIDJACK at aol.com> 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, jxh at jxh.com
> 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.
>
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