On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:30:52 -0700 (PDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello Larry, > > > > Am 2008-06-18 11:35:04, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> Michelle > >> My (no defunct) company went through a similar search as you. > >> What we found was some very good and very expensive software, > >> primarily ported to > >> Suns, and some reasonably good and reasonably inexpensive software, > >> unfortunately ported to XP. Perhaps others can suggest something > >> that combines the XP-like cost with (some of the) UNIX-like > >> features. Due to cost reasons we ended up with the XP stuff. > >> Hope you find something that > >> matches your needs. > >> Larry > > > > My VariCAD is runnin on Debian and there is nothing which beat it. > > Handling, Usability, Performance and Price <SIGH> 20.000 Euro. > > > > Do you mean a Layout-Software for PCBs? > > What "expensive" and "less expensive" was it? > > > > Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening > > Michelle Konzack > > Systemadministrator > > 24V Electronic Engineer > > Tamay Dogan Network > > Debian GNU/Linux Consultant > > Michelle > The software I used included a schematic capture package, and a PCB > layout package. As do most layout packages this one required some > human input for the layout rules (line widths, hole sizes, etc.) and > for routing in case the built-in algorithm got "stumped". The output > of the PCB layout package was a file in standard (e.g. Gerber) format > that one could send to someone to make the boards themselves. The > schematic package was called Circuit Maker and the companion PCB > board layout package was called TraxMaker. The packages at that time > were relatively inexpensive (e.g. several hundred US dollars) and > only ran on XP.
I am using the freely downloadable student edition of Circuit Maker, and it works well enough for university tasks. And it runs nicely in wine, so I assume the full version runs also. I know, I know: this is not professional. :)) The other one I like is eagle. It is distributed with Debian, in the non-free section. > I believe both packages and the (Austrailian) > company that developed them were bought by someone else but some > Googling will tell you the new names if you are interested. Again > these were more for boards that had perhaps up to a few hundred > components and for relatively small boards--"perfect" for a small > company doing in-house layout but out-house board manufacture. Larry > P.S. The Sun packages were Mentor Graphics' and VERY complex and VERY > expensive (several tens of thousand US dollars as I recall). These > are used, for example, by the PC motherboard companies (multilayer > boards, plated-through holes, vias, etc.) > > > > > > -- > > Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ > > ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant > > ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 > > ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN > > LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian > > (irc.icq.com) > > > > > -- Nyizsa. http://nyizsa.uni.cc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
