Hm, something screwed up the threading, otherwise I'd have seen this mail earlier... ;-)
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:43:43PM -0800, Duane Clark wrote: > Manuel Camacho wrote: Actually no. I wrote the lines below - please check your quoting... > > Out of interest: What programs are used for EDA (e.g. schematic > > capture, PCB layout, etc.)? Last time I checked (which is a while > > ago), there didn't seem to be that much out there... > > I didn't notice this message originally (too much volume on this list)... Don't I know it... ;-) > For basic schematics and PCB layout, I use Eagle: > http://www.cadsoftusa.com/ > > Kind of weak on the schematic side, but fine for the relatively simple > stuff I use it for. The PCB portion seems to be pretty good, and it > includes a decent autorouter. For checking out gerber files before > sending them out to be made into PCBs, I run Viewmate under Wine. I've used Eagle in the past on Windows, the layout part is definitely decent. I found the schematic capture ok, but that might be a matter of taste. For business, this might indeed be an option - thanks for reminding me! > Most of my design work is now done in VHDL. I use nedit, which besides > being the best text editor out there :-) also has a VHDL mode which > works great. So does XEmacs, btw - XEmacs also has a Verilog mode. > I have Synplify for VHDL synthesis (admittedly very expensive) and use > Modelsim for simulation (okay also a bit pricey). Both are available for > Linux. There are a bunch of VHDL and Verilog tools available for Linux. > See the bottom of: > http://www.polybus.com/xilinx_on_linux.html > > I concentrate on FPGA designs, and primarily use two kinds of FPGAs. I > use Actel FPGAs for space stuff. The Actel tools run great under Wine. > For most everything else, I use Xilinx FPGAs. Again, I am currently > running the Xilinx tools under Wine, but rumor is that these will be > released in native Linux versions early next year. COOL! Thanks, I hadn't heard that yet. It's a pity (or actually a pita :-( ) that Wine is still needed for so many things - that's not good enought to convince some folks, as the logical question will be "Why should I run Wine if I can run it natively under Windows". To get folks to switch to Linux, this isn't good enough. But thanks for the hints - good to know that there's *some* change going on out there. Regards, Thomas -- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html ...'cause only lusers quote signatures! Thomas Ribbrock | http://www.ribbrock.org | ICQ#: 15839919 "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!" -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
