Homebrew PCBs

Not specifically directed to Ted, but also directed to him:

I made a new table in the database section listing diffent PCB layout  
packages.
Have a look, and if you have the time fill in what's missing.
If there are any ideas for changes or to add something (we can not have  
more than 10 columns) please tell us now before there are many entries.


<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBs/database?method=reportRows&tbl=7>

I set it so that every member can edit entries, i thought it would be  
better to allow changes easily than have the added security.

It can be time consuming to add entries, especially if there are many  
license variants. There is a easy pricedure to speed this up:
Enter one license version via the add record function. Then select export  
table. Copy this text into a text editor and remove all lines but the one  
of the entry you just made. Copy this line as often as there are other  
license variants. Edit those lines with all the data. Select the lines  
with the additional variants, and copy to clipboard. In the browser use  
import records to add them. Works like a charm, but do not use commas in  
your entries like i did, because otherwise there will be a / added for  
each comma 'cause is also used as field separator.

I hope this works out, if it does one can even sort the table by price  
etc..
Do let me know any ideas for changes so we get it perfect before too many  
records are in.

ST




On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 19:17:55 +0100, kilocycles <kilocycles@...>  
wrote:

> 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
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> "complexity limited" by a 250 pin maximum, which is fairly generous.
>
> I did a receiver IF system using all discrete components in Eagle,
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> which pretty much filled the board, and the pin count was 215.
>
> DipTrace would be especially good for boards that need large foil
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> traces, physical separation and have physically large components, such
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> as power supplies with board mounted transformers and large
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> computer-grade electrolytic caps.
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>
> Cheers,
>
> Ted  KX4OM