28 Jun
2007
28 Jun
'07
11:25 a.m.
On 6/28/07, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
... The current incarnation of PCB bears no
resemblance to the version that I first used about five years
ago...it is *fantastic* now.
Far out... I'll have to take another look at it - two years ago, it
looked promising, but not enough for me to switch.
To bring this at least slightly on-topic, I am
midway through
doing a board layout for Chuck Dickman's RX01/02<->parallel port
interface in gschem and PCB.
Excellent. You beat me to it. I was just looking at that circuit
yesterday to see about cranking one out.
I did one layout for that circuit about
a year ago, but with through-hole parts, and I'm nearing the point of
swearing off through-hole...this board uses surface-mount components.
Hmm... I still have enough through-hole parts to fill several
bathtubs, so I'm not sworn off, and I'm quite handy with manual SMT
work, but for overall cost to me, I'm still fond of through-hole where
possible. Commercial projects, of course, have different financial
parameters, but my own stuff, I frequently get 80% or more of the
parts right off my shelves.
I'll be interested to see how your layout turns out, and, SMT or
through-hole, probably be interested in picking up one or two on a
group buy, presuming blank boards are an available option. I was
going to build at least one adapter on a perfboard, just to play with,
so a prefab PCB would be most welcome.
-ethan