Lpc2000

I just went from the ir published price lists. At least it's got a 
manual over protel, but I've just had a good look at Eagles web site,  
for a product that costs $800 they have an awful lot of information 
about it, and a lot of support wrt libs, custom scripts etc, and at $400 
I might even spring for the autorouter, even though I doubt I'll ever 
use it. AND it comes with a manual, but what i really like about it, and 
;iked about my old CAD package was the user programming language, and 
the full descriptions that seem to be avail;able regarding file 
structures etc. On protel this is just too arcane to bother about. I 
figure Eagle will be my next try out.

Cheers

Al

Leon Heller wrote:

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>From: "Onestone" <onestone@...>
>To: <lpc2000@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [lpc2000] ANN: New version of Pulsonix PCB software
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>>This is even more expensive than protel! Then they ask extra for
>>Schematic capture, library and package design tools, that are essential
>>to even a basic working system, by the time you have even the basics
>>you're looking at $11,000, that's without Spice, autorouter or 'high
>>speed design' package. Damn, and I baulk at Protels prices, odds on no
>>hard copy manual either.
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>Comes with printed manual.
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>Basic system includes schematic capture, library creation tools, package 
>creation tools etc. The extra cost options aren't needed unless you are 
>working with very complex parts and stuff like chip-on-board. I've got them 
>but hardly ever use them.
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>$7250 (plus SPICE at $1495) includes everything most people will need.
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>Unlike Protel it works very well on a 1 GHz PC with 256k of RAM. The 
>autorouter is very good, although I don't use it very much.
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>Leon 
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