Re: PCB Design Software for $0.00

From: Brane2 (brane2_at_anonymous.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:07:32 +0200

DJ Delorie wrote:
> "Mark (UK)" <jumbos.bazzar@btopenworld.com> writes:
>
>>http://www.cadsoft.de/
>>
>>The trial version is totally free, and does 10 x 8 PCBs - useful for
>>small projects.
>>
>>The difference with Eagle is - it's actually GOOD!
>
>
> gEDA and PCB (unix/cygwin hosts) are also $0.00 and fully featured
> (i.e. not crippleware).
>
> http://www.geda.seul.org/
> http://pcb.sourceforge.net/

I have toyed with gEDA & PCB and I really like them, especially PCB.

Both packages show age and lack of programming knowledge but they make
it up with their overall simplicity and utility.

PCB is not really "fully featured", since it lacks real poligon pour. To
its credit, it has simplified implementation, which is much faster and
should be adequate for 90% of needs.

PCB is very fast to work with and its response is snappy. Overall
feeling reminds me of Tango-DOS, albeight latter was much more polished.

Same goes for gEDA, albeight I only played with gschem and so cannot
judge other parts, like simulator etc.

Regards,

Branko

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