[sdiy] Newbie alert :-)

[Oren Leavitt]

 > Just looking at the screenshots, this seems pretty cool. Now if only it
 > were open-source. I'm not religous about it, but I really do prefer
 > being able to scratch my own itches whenever I have to. I heard of some
 > sourceforge projects, but they are usually for windows

For a GPLed EDA suite, check out:
http://www.geda.seul.org

Oren

Nicolai Czempin wrote:
> john mahoney wrote:
> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolai Czempin" 
>> <nicolai.czempin at alcatel.de>
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>>> Hmm. My default settings seem to send the reply to the poster
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>> instead of
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>>> the list. Or isn't that some kind of setting in the mailing list
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>> server?
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>> Everybody look at the new guy, stirring things up! ;-)
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> Any comparisons to certain kinds of animals in certain kinds of shops 
> are purely coincidental :-P
> 
>> Yes, Nicolai, it's like that. I just use "Reply to all" and delete the
>> extraneous addresses, or cut & paste them into the CC filed (as with
>> this message).
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> What happens if I just use the default, e. g. have you received this 
> message twice? I'm pretty sure that it is a listserver setting. Was the 
> decision to make replies to-the-list conscious or accidental?
> 
>>> Boy! You guys are backward
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>> LOL!! Yeah, well... um... yeah. Imagine, some guys want everything to
>> be *analog*, too!
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> Exactly :-) Like you were born in the last century or something. Or, 
> ..um, err... complaining about schematics that are "impure" :-)
> At least being schizophrenic means I'm never alone!
> 
>>> I was expecting some kind of CAD package where I can point-and-click
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>> my
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>>> schematics, and using the same source I can
>>> a) simulate the circuit
>>> b) print out/web publish the schematics
>>> c) generate the layout for PCB
>>> And all that for free, of course. Hmm. Sounds like a good project
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>> for an
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>>> Eclipse plug-in. Maybe I'll get something fired up...
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>> Ray Wilson's "Schematic Publisher" generates schematics for free. No
>> sim and no PCB layout, though.
>> http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/SchematicEditorPromo/schematicpubwebpage.html 
>>
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> Just looking at the screenshots, this seems pretty cool. Now if only it 
> were open-source. I'm not religous about it, but I really do prefer 
> being able to scratch my own itches whenever I have to. I heard of some 
> sourceforge projects, but they are usually for windows
> 
>> Ray's website has a lot of synth circuit designs, too, so it's
>> definitely worth a visit:
>> http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/
>> His Sound Lab Mini-Synth is an all-in-one design with 2 VCOs, a VCF,
>> etc. He sells PCBs for it. So there's another possibility for you.
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> 
> Yes, looks nice, but I'm wondering whether (watch out, more stirring!) 
> people are really reading what I'm writing. I want something simple to 
> get started! All these fascinating links I will save and look into at a 
> stage when I'm a little more advanced. But for now I just want THE 
> SIMPLEST THING THAT COULD POSSIBLY WORK (tm).
> 
> mfg nc
>