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Electrical Schematic

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-07-30 06:34 in General Discussion
Hello,
Where can I get a software for the design and drafting of electrical
schematics for control and power
systems.

Thank You
Mohamed Refky

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-26 19:16
    WWW.expresspcb.com


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-27 03:49
    There are quite a few of them out there. The ones I'm most familiar with
    are:

    www.pcb123.com (free)
    www.expresspcb.com (free)
    www.cadsoft.com (Commercial, limited demo)
    www.winqcad.com (Commercial, limited demo)

    Both the free ones are tied to buying commercial boards and are somewhat
    feature-starved.

    Both the commercial ones are quite good. Eagle is better known and has more
    users. QCad is _far_ cheaper than Eagle and (IMHO) a better product.

    www.ivex.com is another that I only tried the demo for. I liked Eagle and
    QCad better.

    Original Message
    From: "Mohamed REFKY" <refky@h...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 11:14 AM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Electrical Schematic


    > Hello,
    > Where can I get a software for the design and drafting of electrical
    > schematics for control and power
    > systems.
    >
    > Thank You
    > Mohamed Refky
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-27 15:15
    --- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, pm <pmeloy@s...> wrote:
    > There are quite a few of them out there. The ones I'm most familiar
    with
    > are:
    >
    > www.pcb123.com (free)
    > www.expresspcb.com (free)
    > www.cadsoft.com (Commercial, limited demo)
    > www.winqcad.com (Commercial, limited demo)
    >
    > Both the free ones are tied to buying commercial boards and are
    somewhat
    > feature-starved.
    >
    > Both the commercial ones are quite good. Eagle is better known and
    has more
    > users. QCad is _far_ cheaper than Eagle and (IMHO) a better product.
    >
    > www.ivex.com is another that I only tried the demo for. I liked
    Eagle and
    > QCad better.

    QCad looks like a CAD program with no Gerber file output. Needs CAM
    Expert to do that ?

    since there are pleany of CAD programs it seems like this does not
    offer the features of a PCB program.

    ExpressPCB and Eagle both offer schematic drawings that will link
    directly to the actual board layout.

    Both ExpressPCB and Eagle have librarys with parts that know what
    pins are what and list hole sizes for drilling.


    My opnion is that it is harder to find a more simple program the
    ExpressPCB for boards, even if you don't use the schematic features.

    and Eagle offers the biggest bang for a 'free' software. the board
    size limit on the free stuff is a PITA but hey. it's free.

    one caveat is that if you do photo transfer printing (toner transfer
    or transparency) to make PCB's at home, don't bother with Express
    PCB, it is limited to prevent easy use in that fashion. the want
    you to buy their boards and make it hard to use it any other way.


    Dave
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-28 14:41
    My personal favorite is AutoTrax EDA. I think the website is
    www.autotraxeda.com, but I'm not 100% positive. You can get a version that
    limits the number of connections for free.

    Original Message
    From: pm [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=do4hH7r2J5TAW_AMKYmsOqEf0_1FXbaTaj1YLZuJS6CFJx_f7RoQoNCbyLszxOhXxSFbXZyxvlk]pmeloy@s...[/url
    Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 10:49 PM
    To: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Electrical Schematic


    There are quite a few of them out there. The ones I'm most familiar with
    are:

    www.pcb123.com (free)
    www.expresspcb.com (free)
    www.cadsoft.com (Commercial, limited demo)
    www.winqcad.com (Commercial, limited demo)

    Both the free ones are tied to buying commercial boards and are somewhat
    feature-starved.

    Both the commercial ones are quite good. Eagle is better known and has more
    users. QCad is _far_ cheaper than Eagle and (IMHO) a better product.

    www.ivex.com is another that I only tried the demo for. I liked Eagle and
    QCad better.

    Original Message
    From: "Mohamed REFKY" <refky@h...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 11:14 AM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Electrical Schematic


    > Hello,
    > Where can I get a software for the design and drafting of electrical
    > schematics for control and power
    > systems.
    >
    > Thank You
    > Mohamed Refky
    >
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-07-30 06:34
    At 12:14 PM 7/26/2003, Mohamed REFKY wrote:
    >Hello,
    >Where can I get a software for the design and drafting of electrical
    >schematics for control and power
    >systems.

    The free LT-Spice package offered by Linear Technologies has one of the
    finest schematic entry packages that I've seen. You also get all the SPICE
    stuff but you can ignore all that if you want.

    Your total cost is a free download. Head over to
    <http://www.linear-tech.com/software/> and download the package.

    dwayne

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