I build my circuit on a solderless breadboard before designing the PCB (I
use EagleCAD). Then I see the problems before doing any of the layout.
If you've got surface mount components, you can solder them to small
breakout boards for fitting onto a breadboard.
If you've got a lot of SMT, that may not be practical, but I do mostly
though-hole stuff (right now, at least).
-Andrew
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Frank P <qz9090@...> wrote:
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> In trying to layout a PCB, do you guys use LTSPICE to perform a simulation
> first? Then proceed to use a PCB layout software like KiCAD/FreePCB (after
> importing from LTSPICE)? Or, if the PCB is simple enough just start using
> KiCAD?
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> Thanks.
>
> Frank P.
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