Has anybody ever tried "PCB" for Linux? I wish there was a good open
source PCB program. Since I had to draw almost all of my components in
Eagle, I was thinking that I might as well use PCB, but perhaps only for
big boards.
Ted
On 6/20/2005 3:06 PM, Phil wrote:
>That does seem like a huge amount of work to avoid paying for
>something. Much better to modularize your design and do multiple
>boards if you don't want to pay for it.
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>Me, I paid for eagle and am glad I don't have to deal with that sort
>of thing.
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>--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
><stefan_trethan@g...> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:53:51 +0200, David McNab <david@r...>
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>>>Might try that - but there might be some different complications:
>>> - need for two schematics
>>> - constraint on the autorouter of having to interface the boards
>>> through fixed-position pads
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>>What you end up with is a bunch of librarys that are all too small,
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>better
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>>get the real version now, if you get it eventually it makes no
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>difference.
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>>Also, i dunno about eagle, but i for one am glad i can pester my PCB
>>software manufacturer with all the problems it has (and there are
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>plenty,
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>>sadly..)
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>>ST
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