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Which PCB CAD for someone entering the job market?

2009-02-04 by Steve Greenfield

Sigh... well, I knew I'd never get a consensus when I asked about this a year ago.

So I'm going with Eagle for now because 1. I found a book about using it in the Half Price Bookstore, 2. Someone made a library for the PIC32MXxxxx series for which I'm doing a few projects, and 3. It is free or cheap.

I graduate at the end of this year. If I put Eagle on my resume, do you think it will hurt or help? 

In my classes, AutoCAD is the official CAD, my instructor told me to choose which Schem. Capture/ PCB Router I would learn. There is a classroom budget for software, so I could pick something not free, but something that costs $2,000 to $15,000 isn't going to happen. I don't want something so limited that I can only put a few generic ICs on a board.

I'm attending Bates Technical College, Electronic Engineering Technician course. While I'm here, I'm getting the CET I should have gotten long ago and going for the FCC commercial license.

Steve Greenfield

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