AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Chuck Hackett" <egroupscdh@W...> 
wrote:

> I'll need to be laying
> out some boards ...

If you can keep the size down to half-eurocard, the free version of 
Eagle is worth a look. It is a professional quality tool and though 
it won't be as easy to learn as some you're very unlikely to run into 
a defect or missing feature. All ECROS Technology products are made 
using Eagle (not the free one, of course).

Unless you are on the tightest budget, I suggest having proper double 
sided plated through PCBs made. If you do without solder mask and 
silkscreen, you can get the price down.  I use Bare-Bones PCB 
(www.barebonespcb.com), which is a division of Advanced Circuits, for 
my prototypes. The quality is excellent and you get a free packet of 
microwave popcorn. The only downside is that they pester you a little 
bit for production work but you can just ignore that.

Graham.