Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "ghidera2000" 
<ghidera2000@y...> wrote:
> While not really free, the cheapest "good" software I've found is 
> QCad. Less than half the price of the Eagle bundle. THere is a demo 
> but, like Eagle, its limited size and printing wise. Considering 
the 
> 500 pin version is $95 US - for schematic AND layout, its not hard 
> to swallow at all. There's also a 1000 pin at $190 and unlimited at 
> $380 (all US funds).
> 
> As bug free as I've ever seen. Found a couple little things 
> missing/not working quite right. Emailed the author and BOOM it was 
> all fixed.
> 
> Only bad thing I can think of (its not actually "bad" bad) is that 
> it doesn't work quite the same way as most programs. Takes a little 
> getting used to - though nowhere near as much as the eagle part 
> editor!
> 
> http://www.winqcad.com/


I tried the demo version of Q-Cad and it seems OK, but I found the 
library lacking.

Trying to design a simple 555 chip with caps and resistors and some 
MOSFETS I figured everthing was really standard.

one thing I like about Eagle is the SMT switch in the library, if you 
don't SMT, you can just ignore all those thousands of divices.

Dave