Hi Ted,
That doesn't seem very high. I easily exceeded that in the little PIC
design I'm doing. Connectors eat up a lot of pins I guess. Digital
probably has more pins typically then analog. I'm at maybe 350-400 now.
But then this is really my first PCB project (that I'm laying out) in a long
time.
Sounds like a pin limit is fine for analog designs!
I'm not dedicated (hard wired? Sorry!) to Eagle, I just knew about it to
try. And I like the import/export capabilities. I think I can write some
useful conversion programs to work with Eagle. Just my thoughts.
FB OM!
Alan KM6VV
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: freeware CAD EAGLE -> (Alan Marconett)
>
> Not specifically directed to Stefan; just convenient to use his post
> for a general response :)
>
> The free version of DipTrace has no limit on board size, but is
> "complexity limited" by a 250 pin maximum, which is fairly generous.
> I did a receiver IF system using all discrete components in Eagle,
> which pretty much filled the board, and the pin count was 215.
> DipTrace would be especially good for boards that need large foil
> traces, physical separation and have physically large components, such
> as power supplies with board mounted transformers and large
> computer-grade electrolytic caps.
>
> Cheers,
> Ted KX4OM
>