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From: fynnashba on 28 Apr 2010 17:06 Please can anyone show me an easy- to- use PCB software that can automaticaly prepare a circuit board after drawing the schematic diagram? Or one that you just mount the components to get PCB.
From: Archon on 28 Apr 2010 19:28 fynnashba(a)yahoo.com wrote: > Please can anyone show me an easy- to- use PCB software that can > automaticaly prepare a circuit board after drawing the schematic > diagram? Or one that you just mount the components to get PCB. Hi, I recently used the services of http://www.expresspcb.com/ the service was excellent, probably not as sophisticated as some but the miniPCB deal (Three 2.5"x3.8" boards for $50) is excellent, quality was good, fast shipping with DC etc. JC
From: Pete Bertini on 28 Apr 2010 19:31 <fynnashba(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:37e25e9d-6ef6-4b06-bc9d-95b84212ad92(a)d39g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > Please can anyone show me an easy- to- use PCB software that can > automaticaly prepare a circuit board after drawing the schematic > diagram? Or one that you just mount the components to get PCB. You should be able to find the shareware versions of IVEX Windraft and WinBoard on the web for download. The product is no longer supported, and has a bit of a learning curve. I think the free version has a 100 pin limit. Product had a few bugs and went through several revisions, but it should do what you want.
From: Rich Webb on 28 Apr 2010 19:48 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:06:14 -0700 (PDT), "fynnashba(a)yahoo.com" <fynnashba(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Please can anyone show me an easy- to- use PCB software that can >automaticaly prepare a circuit board after drawing the schematic >diagram? Or one that you just mount the components to get PCB. There probably is nothing that can do a reasonable job of "automatically" creating a board layout, given just the schematic (but I could be wrong). However, there are packages that have schematic capture and board layout components that work together to assist *you* to create the layout. KiCad http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page and gEDA http://www.gpleda.org/ are each free, open source suites with schematic capture and board layout. KiCad has a reasonably active and supportive user community and is available in versions for both Linux and MS Windows. The principal author's homepage is over at http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/kicad/ I'm less familiar with gEDA. As far as I know, there is not an official MS Windows distribution available. DJ Delorie may drop by with more info, though... -- Rich Webb Norfolk, VA
From: Arfa Daily on 28 Apr 2010 21:29
<fynnashba(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:37e25e9d-6ef6-4b06-bc9d-95b84212ad92(a)d39g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > Please can anyone show me an easy- to- use PCB software that can > automaticaly prepare a circuit board after drawing the schematic > diagram? Or one that you just mount the components to get PCB. ExpressSCH and ExpressPCB are two freebies that I have. They are reasonably simple and easy to use. The PCB designer is not an autorouter, but if you attach the netlist of a schematic produced by the drawing package, the PCB package will guide you through making the correct connections between your manually placed components, to satisfy the schematic. Arfa |