Lpc2000

Hi Rob,

 I would stay away from Orcad. How about Pads?

regards,
Charles


--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Jansen" <rob@m...> wrote:
>
> >     I do not have to many complaints about DXP or even the older
Protel
> >  99.
> 
> Same over here. I use (used) Protel as a hobbyist, board designs are
only
> one-of and for my own personal use. Therefor I was not to concerned
about
> using an illegal version (as a plus I will tell others how good
Protel is
> :-) )
> 
> I am however getting into problems soon. I want to design a board for
> 'commercial' use and that's definitely not taking place using any
illegal
> software so I now have to search for other schematic entry and PCB
design
> tools that I can use for this.
> Numbers and price will be this low that I cannot afford to buy Protel,
> Pulsonix or Orcad so I started looking at free (Linux based) tools for
> this.
> 
> Anyone having experience with these kind of tools (which ones are
> available???). I need schematic entry plus PCB design for combined
SMD and
> through hole mounting components. I can do without autorouting and 2
> layers should be enough (4 is nice) and it must be able to export
> datafiles for production (never did this before).
> And before I forget: I do not like to use the "1000 pin limit demo
> versions", I always tend to need just that one pin more ...
> 
> Rob - would buy Protel/DXP if I could afford it
>