Being a hobbyist, and only occasionally doing PCB's, I found FREEPCB easy to learn, and does a decent job. There is an autorouter available. Support is good with both the author and other experienced people regularly contributing. http://www.freepcb.com/ On 7/21/2010 12:39 PM, Bruno L. Albrecht wrote: > What about Kicad? > I found it to be quite good for my PCBs. And it's free and runs on windows > and linux! > Also has a lot of libraries (most of them imported from eagle) > > Att, > Bruno > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:59 AM, PICdude wrote: > > >> Quoting "William \"Chops\" Westfield": >> >> >>> Eagle single-user prices range from $49 to about $1500. (The $49 >>> version has the same limitations as the "freeware", except commercial >>> use is allowed.) >>> >>> To get the "thousands" prices, you need to be looking at the multi- >>> user licenses (50 users full version about $9k.) >>> >>> BillW >>> >> >> I use a single-seat license of the full-professional version, which >> cost me $1200 a few years ago (IIRC that's the one that's $1500 >> nowadays). If you don't need to make large boards, you can get the >> full features except for a limitation on the board size (~6" x ~4" >> IIRC) for half price. Not bad at all. Eagle has very good community >> support with is a plus for me. >> >> Cheers, >> -Neil. >> >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ& list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >> > > > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist