Homebrew PCBs

I've been absent to this group for a very long time, but now that I'm 
a bit more back into the business of makeing PCBs I returned just to 
see that you guys refer to my Eagle post in comp.arch.embedded :-)

Well, the ULPs actually saved my life. Using them one can always 
export all Eagle elements into ASCII text files and from there back 
into Eagle. That way the problem can be circumvented. Never the less, 
the attitude shown by CadSoft seemed really special. There are 
however other reasons why I will quit using Eagle in the longer run. 
The last design I made was only doable by writing very complex ULPs 
on my own (i.e. one to calculate individual trace lenghts between 
given components on the board in order to match trace lengts for fast 
digital busses) and me thinks that functionality like this should be 
directly included in the package. I think that CadSoft is actually 
missing the market in that the days with through hole part technology 
only and slow clock frequencies are really definately gone. In other 
words, a package these days should support makeing faster digital 
designs and as such should offer simulation, methods to route 
complete (impedance controlled) digital busses with trace lenght 
matching and so on. If I look at what they add with the upcoming 
release 5.0 I see suport for drawing electrical plans like those with 
building constructions etc. Hmmmmm, seems like CadSoft is searching 
customers in new segments, but me thinks they forget the customers in 
the segments they already have....

Just my 2¢ of course

Markus


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Jennynj1975@... wrote:
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> In a message dated 9/27/2007 1:35:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> eagle25s@... writes:
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> Try  this link and read the 5th  message.
> news.elektroda.news.elektronews.elektnews.elektrodnews.elektro
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> Markus  Zingg seems to be a member of this group perhaps he can 
> verify what  happened to him and the Eagle software. 
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> Thank you, found it.  
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> Jen
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