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Re: [AVR-Chat] PC Board software

2006-09-16 by Ralph Hilton

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 00:13:08 -0400 you wrote:

I tried Eagle and found it confusingly unintuitive.

ExpressPCB is very easy to use but, as you say, one is tied to a rather expensive
board manufacturer.

The closest I've found to ExpressPCB  in terms of ease of use is Target3001 from 
http://www.ibfriedrich.com/english/index.htm . Its also quite reasonably priced. 
For manufacture I recently got some boards made up by
http://www.pcbonline.org/
10 boards 16x10cm for $140 including shipping !

>Problem there is you're tied to only one board house, isn't it?  I use a 
>variety and also do contract work that requires my customer use their 
>own houses too.
>
>Appreciate the input, though.
>
>
>REB
>
>stevech wrote:
>
>>I gave Eagle several evenings. It was just too user unfriendly for me, given
>>I would use it infrequently and forget the 10e99 nuances that it has.
>>
>> 
>>
>>For quickies, I like ExpressPCB. Limited but you can learn it in a half
>>hour.
>>

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