schematic drawing

[peu]

I wonder if a commercial version of the express PCB suite is available, its super extra simple to learn, but its main drawback is that you cannot print the circuit, you only can send the circuit to them


Pablo

[forgie]

Has anyone used Easy PC? The demo is seriously impressive. It costs around $450 USD, but if its as good as it looks, it may be worth it....

Looks like my PC will hang around for a few years to come....

[Melanie]

EasyPC has been the Schematic/CAD Layout software of choice in this company for some twenty years... long before I ever came here... I can vouch for it.

It's nice to be able to enter a schematic, translate it to PCB and have the software maintain integrity and spacing throughout, then output to Gerber or Excellon, email them to almost any PCB fab house in the world, and have them make what you've created. Never fails. If you have the SPICE add-on's you can even simulate your design, or display it in 3D.

[mister_e]

It costs around $450 USD, but if its as good as it looks, it may be worth it....

Looks like my PC will hang around for a few years to come....

it's a bit much than this, when you set it to USD instead of the default GBP
http://www.numberone.com/prices.asp?...=USD&product=*

BUT it looks good. The full package is still cheaper than ORCAD, PCAD or PROTEL(now Altium Designer)

[forgie]

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!

[nomada]

Hello all,

At my job we have been using EasyPc from Number One Systems in the last four years. It's a quite cheap electronics cad software, it has a small learning curve, we customise all the components (libraries) for our needs (we like good looking layouts). It works pretty well even under Win98SE.

Every PCB manufacturer undertstands the EasyPC file outputs.

Of course there are "better" software but if price matters...

Bye to you all

[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....

[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

[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!