28 Jun
2007
28 Jun
'07
2 p.m.
On Jun 28, 2007, at 2:25 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Oh yes, it has come a long way since then.
:-)
... 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. 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 have a lot of through-hole chips, but I have far more (tens of
thousands) discrete components in SMT...and a lot of the stuff I'm
designing with in recent years aren't available in through-hole
packages. I find SMT to be much easier and faster than through-hole.
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.
Well I won't do anything without Chuck's permission and/or
involvement, but I was toying with the idea of doing a run of
boards. I have enough parts here for a dozen or so, except for the
DB25s. If I do this, I could also make blank boards available.
I've not gotten far enough to discuss it with Chuck yet,
so...Chuck, what do you think? Would you have any problem with my
making a run of boards based on your design, and selling them for a
reasonable price?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL