>From: PicDude >Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >Subject: [EE:] Good schematic & PCB layout software? >Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:58:17 -0500 > >Hi all, > >I need to get schematic & PCB layout software that supports a large-sized >PCB >... ~14" x ~6" .... and possibly larger. I really like Eagle, am very >familiar with it, and there's trememdous support for it (in the way of >available libraries). But the Eagle version that supports this board size, >the Professional version, is $1200.... ouch! > >But time is easier to find than money nowadays, so I'm willing to re-create >all my own libraries if necessary. > >However, it must have an autorouter, and be able to generate 274X Gerber >files. I'd really like it to have the ability to rotate parts to arbitrary >angles, like Eagle 4.11. Linux or Windoze is fine with me. This current >app >will have ~1,800 pins, so I prefer not to have pin limits. > hey man im now very experienced in eagle although i have it, I use orcad capture and layout. its very expensive but very proffesional and effective. i learned from my experience from orcad that when doing a schematic u might want to devide it into heirarchical parts or pages, which brings us to your problem, if u dont find a software that good at that low price try deviding your application into several smaller boards, and connect them with flat date cables or as you find suitable, as many applications can be devided into sub groups. take the example of an amplifier : preamp, two or three stage voltage amplifirer, then push pull current amplifiere. u see i devided my application into three parts. try doing the same and reply to this telling me what u think. regards karim hamandi _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics