[sdiy] Proteus software

[Graham Atkins]

On 18 Feb 2011, at 12:46, Tom Bugs wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Last night George Hearn showed me Proteus (Schematic & Board design  
> + simulation) - it looked pretty good and further reading makes it  
> even more tempting.
> I checked back through the archives and  see that at least a few  
> people are using it.
>
> Has anyone made the transition from Eagle to Proteus? And, if so,  
> how was it?
> I've been using Eagle for 5+ years and am happy with it - though it  
> often feels a bit cranky. I guess it took me about a year or two to  
> get really up to speed.
> I certainly hadn't been planning on a move of software - but getting  
> simulation integrated into the design would be very interesting and  
> perhaps Proteus has a better workflow than Eagle.

Talking of Eagle, has anyone tried RS Components Design Spark PCB  
yet ?. Apparently you can import Eagle files into it but it isn't  
perfect yet. Also the Design Spark free issue allows you
to build PCB's greater than the 1/2 Eurocard ? in Eagle.

Graham