[sdiy] Timbre Modulator (EN#72) - who needs SAW VCOs?

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On Mittwoch, 5. April 2006 20:40, Aaron Lanterman wrote:
> Typical schematic capture programs designed for PSPICE runs and PCB
> layout make useful schematics, but they're not "pretty" like you'd
> want to see in the textbook.

For small example circuits I tend to use XFig
(when not using an Xserver, switch over to jfig: 
http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/javafig/download.html ), 
anything approaching a real circuit goes to Eagle (freeware version is 
fine for single page schematics). You can edit the symbols to your 
tastes, which is a good. If you need a comparison: OTA paper schemos 
are done with XFig, SawWM sketch with Eagle. I use Eagle for larger 
schematics mainly because it helps to see the net name you're 
connecting a wire to and get a warning when you short things that 
shouldn't be connected.

> My colleagues around Tech tend to use all sorts of standard drawing
> programs with little libraries of parts they built over the years.
>
> One just put out a textbook where he layed out all the circuits in
> LaTex... aaaaaaah!

XFig can put out LaTeX drawings and you can do symbol libraries, so it 
is not as difficult to do as you seem to think. With a little 
discipline and a few command definitions you can even do 
not-too-complex schematics without any drawing program. Ever since I 
switched to pdfLateX I just save any drawings as PDF snippets and 
include those wherever I need them, I think that is even easier to 
handle.


Achim.
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