16 Apr
2004
16 Apr
'04
2:14 a.m.
der Mouse wrote:
You left out
- find a scratch x86 box
- pay exorbitant rates for an OS Eagle will run under - assuming the
implication I saw on the list that it's Windows-only is correct.
eagle runs under linux (as well as windos). runs well under X.
And that's all assuming I'd be willing to trust
something closed-source
in the first place.
take a look at the scripting language. I don't think there is
*anything* you can't get at with it. you have access to the full
internal database near as I can tell (which is more than I've seen
with any other cad package)
I also may see if I can lay it out in a way not too
unsuited to a
single-sided PCB and then try to do it myself, according to laser
printer + transparencies + copper-clad board + photoresist + etchant +
light + drill = PCB.
to be honest, these days, I think using an outside service for a 2 layer
board is *much* easier and no more expensive (when you add up
everything).
(I've done single side boards from scratch, fish tank bubbler and all.
never again.)
-brad