[SI-LIST] Re: Low Cost PCB Layout Software

Hello Stuart,

Here is another inexpensive yet advanced tool for placement and auto and
manual routing developed by FreeStyle Team from St. Petersburg, Russia
http://www.freestyleteam.com/index.php?topic=main&lang=en.

Yuriy Shlepnev
shlepnev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.simberian.com

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On Behalf Of Stuart Brorson
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:52 AM
To: Muranyi, Arpad
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Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Low Cost PCB Layout Software

> Hello List,
>
> Can anyone recommend a low cost or freeware version of PCB layout
editor
> software?  We would like to use this for some very basic 2 layer to 4 
> layer prototype boards.  I am currently reviewing the Eagle software 
> from CadSoft.

If you use Linux, you can install the gEDA Suite.  It's a full-fledged EDA
environment released under the GPL.  You can go from schematic capture,
through simulation, to PCB layout, DRC checking, Gerber viewing, and so on.
The Suite is composed of several different programs, each of which is used
for a different phase of the design.
Download is free, and -- unlike Eagle -- there are no limitations to
design size/complexity.   The website is here:

http://geda.seul.org/

The layout editor is called PCB.  More info specifically about PCB is
here:

http://pcb.sourceforge.net/

If you insist on using Windows, you can also try out Kicad:

http://www.lis.inpg.fr/realise_au_lis/kicad/

Kicad is more of a monolithic app for PCB design.

Stuart
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