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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Thompson" <electronguy@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 1:07 AM
Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Newbie question - Cheap Prototypes


> I've had mixed results with the FreeDFM service. I've submitted the exact
> same file multiple times and one time it will catch a trace too close to a
> pad, for example, and the next time it says that everything is fine with
my
> circuit.
>
> I don't trust the FreeDFM service, but use it to try and locate big
errors.

The DRC facility built-in to Pulsonix, the design software I use, works very
well. The free demo of Gerb Tool from Wise is quite good, now that they have
removed a bug that was giving errors on one of my boards.

Leon
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Leon Heller, G1HSM
Email: aqzf13@...
My low-cost Philips LPC210x ARM development system:
http://www.geocities.com/leon_heller/lpc2104.html