schematic drawing

[forgie]

Yep, well that suits my needs just fine. Standard analog and uController stuff is about as advanced as I need - I'm not designing mobile phones here! I should hopefully have a copy of EasyPC in my hands in the next few weeks....

[Luciano]

I'm in the process of starting a partnership company as well as a personal consulting business - I need to choose an electronics CAD package to learn, invest in it, and stick with it. I think EasyPC looks like by far the cheapest 'Pro' package. For what I need, this would appear to be an easy choice!

What about FPGA design?

http://www.altium.com/Products/AltiumDesigner/

Luciano

[forgie]

FPGA isn't something that I'm going to need in the next few years, anyway. Maybe a few years down the track I'll want/need those capabilities, and then I'll consider buying into the Altium empire.... until then I'll go with the more independent option thanks!

[Madscientist]

Personally, I like Livewire by new wave concepts. It can be found at www.new-wave-concepts.com The company is in the U.K.

I recently added PCB wizard 3 from the same company. They work together. They are both fairly cheap. PCB wizard 3 automatically prints out your printed circuit board based on your schematic. I have made several projects with the two programs. Check em out. I think that company has demo versions for free.

Darren