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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Which PCB CAD for someone entering the job market?

2009-02-05 by Henry Liu

Silvercircuits.com offer pcb layout for $15/hr using Eagle pcb if you supply
the schematic.  Probably not a good line to get into get rich.

I'd say try to learn industry OrCAD or Altium designer (formerly Protel).
They should offer student licenses.  When I was a EE, OrCAD and pspice
simulation were the rave to have on your resume.


On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Erik Knise <elknise@...> wrote:

>   I just joined this group with the recommendation of people in some other
> groups, so I'm sorry if someone else has said the same thing i have
> recently.
>
> I have had fairly good luck with Eagle so far. Although, I was using the
> premium version my boss had paid for. I didn't even know there was an auto
> route tool. So I guess if you know the ins and the out of any software that
> would make it useful. Now I know how to better exploit it, although it did
> seem like it needed to be kicked in the right direction pretty frequently
> to
> get what I wanted done. It is also very easy to lay out traces in the
> schematic side and have them not actually connect, just sit next to each
> other...pretty useless in my mind.
>
> --
> Erik L. Knise
> Pacific Shipping Company
> Seattle, WA
>
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>
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