12 Jun
2006
12 Jun
'06
4:22 p.m.
That is also very handy. I think the limiting problem
for
DIY PCB's is the lack of good inexpensive PCB and Schematic
layout software. Now that everything is going surface mount ... sigh
Hmm what about using a gazzillion 3 input NOR gates for a very tiny
Flip/Chips :)
Try Circad (now omniglyph) from Holophase Software. This is the best PCB
CAD software I've ever used. Diptrace and Eagle are excellent
second-placers. Eagle has more libraries, and good support. Diptrace has
EXCELLENT support and the facility to convert eagle libraries to him. But
nothing is easy to use like circad. The option to load a BMP of a board and
trace lines on top of that (for reverse engineering) is G R E A T.
I have no problems with surface mount since I learned to do board using
thermal transfering tech at home.
Greetz from Brazil
Alexandre
http://www.tabajara-labs.com.br