Re: Eagle vs Protel

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:51:35 GMT, "Ban" <bansuri@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Wilhelm Lehmann wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am up to the point where I must now purchase my PCB software
>> because the complexity of the boards exceed the capabilities of Eagle
>> Lite. (ie can only do double sided boards of limited size)
>>
>> I see there are a few posts about Protel, and I was wondering if I
>> can have some coments about the two. As to what I should invest in.
>> (keeping in mind I know eagle quite well)
>>
>> For starters Eagle don't have auto placement of components, but the
>> auto router works great.
>
>Wilhelm, a non commercial medium version of Eagle costs 150Euro.
>Protel costs 9995$. Did you know that?

You get what you pay for. Look at the industry:
Small - Eagle (hobby ???)
Medium - Protel
Large - Cadence
.

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