[sdiy] PCB/Schematic software

[Tom Wiltshire]

I'll make my annual vote for DipTrace. Good clean software, and relatively few quirks. Not free though. There are cheaper non-profit licences which are handy if you're not doing commercial stuff. Recently it also came out in a Mac version.

http://www.diptrace.com/

I'd be interested to hear about DesignSpark, if you try it. Sounds like a bright idea from RS - better than buying Cadsoft, anyway. In my view Eagle proves that's one software team you *don't* want to have working for you...

T.


On 31 Aug 2011, at 19:59, Harry Bissell wrote:

> Haven't we all been here before...
> 
> My Hiwire II software is becoming REALLY long in the tooth (its a DOS program
> which is difficult to impossible to run beyond WIN98. That said it is a pretty
> bug-free solution for schematic / netlist / PCB artwork / Gerber output
> 
> What does anyone like these days ?
> 
> Does anyone know of a PCB package that will take an LTspice netlist as input ?
> 
> I'm looking at DesignSpark (RS /Allied) now.
> 
> Free is a good thing.
> 
> I run under windows (whatever, XP, 7 etc)
> 
> Let the wild post-fest begin...
> 
> H^) harry
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