[sdiy] drilling pcb boards...sore throat

[David G. Dixon]

Jason,

Actually, I meant MS-Excel, the spreadsheeting software.  I have developed a
little graphical palette of parts which I move around on a spreadsheet with
a square grid (with Snap to Grid on).  I do one-sided boards and space
everything on a 1/10" grid.  For traces, I just use lines from the Drawing
toolbar.  Pads are little circles.  Works well for me, and I didn't have to
learn any other software (I was in too much of a hurry).  My boards turned
out beautifully and were a pleasure to drill and stuff.  (Hopefully they'll
work!)

Cheers,
Dave


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-----Original Message-----
From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Jason Tribbeck
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 1:08 AM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: RE: [sdiy] drilling pcb boards...sore throat

> > The cost of making your own (one-off) boards is minimal, once you've
> > "tooled up".  This means having some kind of layout software
(typically
> > free over the web, although I do my layouts by hand in Excel because
> > it's more fun,
> 
> Excel!??! (I'm guessing you mean Eagle).

Okay, there's more than one Excel. Wasn't aware of the other one!

Jason Tribbeck


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