Schematics

[AP]

What software do people here use for schematics & PCB layouts these days?

TIA

Alan

 

[Rochey]

Personally,

I use Eagle (www.cadsoft.de) - although it takes a little getting used to :razz:

Cheers

R

 

[AP]

Wow - that was quick!

Anyone else? (I have heard Protel referred to...)

Alan

 

[gyraf]

We've had this thread before:

http://www.groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=173

Jakob E.

 

[AP]

Brilliant!

Yet further proof that anything worth thinking about has probably already been done to death somewhere!

... Still, I am a great believer in re-inventing wheels - if we had not done that many times over, we would still all be rolling down the highway on slices of log!

Thanks
Alan

 

[chriss]

target 3001!

http://www.ibfriedrich.com/english/index.htm

because it's available in german language... and it turned out to be easier to use for me.

chris

 

[StephenGiles]

Microsoft Excel!

 

[Consul]

If you have Visio, I made a set of stencils for electronics work, including tubes!

http://studioconsul.net/techtalk/visio/electronics-audio.vss
http://studioconsul.net/techtalk/visio/electronics-audio-2002.vss (For slightly older versions of Visio if you don't have the very latest.)

It has some quirks I'm still shaking out, just to warn you. :guinness:

 

[Michael Krusch]

Stephen, how do you do this with Excel?

 

[NewYorkDave]

I use Orcad, or sometimes hand-draft if I can't be bothered to boot up the computer.

 

[mcs]

[quote author="NewYorkDave"]I use Orcad[/quote]
What version? Ancient DOS OrCAD like I use (SDT III)?

Best regards,

Mikkel C. Simonsen

 

[The Kid]

I usually just trace everything out by hand; I only trust my computer to play games! Of course, the bigger the circuit, the bigger the migraine! That's another reason point to point rocks! :razz:

 

[NewYorkDave]

Mikkel,

I have the full ancient DOS version of Orcad; but lately, I've been using the free "Lite" windows version since it's easier to use and most of the circuits I've been drawing only have a few components.

 

[clintrubber]

from NYDave:

I use Orcad, or sometimes hand-draft if I can't be bothered to boot up the computer.

Must say I appreciate the Bob Pease style of circuit-drawing.
Imho it often makes a schematic more enjoyable to digest (if he has had a good steady hand that day). Adding circuit-updates is another thing...

W.r.t. Orcad-"lite": I went to the orcad-site, is it the OrCAD 10.0 Demo Software you're using ? No 30-days limit etc ?


Bye,

Peter

 

[StephenGiles]

Michael - I built up all the symbols using the drawing toolbar, although 4001/4030 gates are a challenge. I'm very used to it now, and I can copy/paste various patterns from other circuits I've drawn so it becomes fairly quick. It also prints out in superb quality from excel.
Stephen

 

[Plexibreath]

I use OrCAD and netlist into Pads.

 

[electronaut]

For people using MacIntosh, there's always Osmond! I use it and I love it!

http://www.swcp.com/~jchavez/osmond.html

-E.

 

[alk509]

Get Osmond.

Enough said.

Al.

 

[Svart]

orcad, circuitmaker/traxmaker, eagle, and winboard.. i use them all but i like orcad for schematics, traxmaker for pcbs.

 

[SmashTV]

There is an OSX version of Eagle now, someday soon I need to try it.
Will be nice not to have to run Wintendo on my TIbook just for Eagle! :grin:

Best

SmashTV