[SI-LIST] Re: Advise on PCB dessign software
- From: Ed Miguel <emiguel@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 09:19:42 -0600
Joan,
I am afraid I cannot answer all your questions about Tango. I found it
very limited, bit the bullet, and switched to ORCAD many years ago for the
same reasons you cite.
One thing now however, that fits into a student's or anyone's budget
nicely, is that Cadence is offering a light version of ORCAD for free. The
transition may be painful but you'll gain schematic capture, autorouting,
Gerbers and a lot of other features common in more pricey PCB software.
Here is the link:
http://www.cadencepcb.com/products/downloads/orcaddemo/frmorcaddemocd.asp
Good luck,
Ed
At 03:47 PM 11/19/02 +0100, joan vicent castell wrote:
>Hi group,
>
>
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>I know there is a number of PCB design software in the market, but I've
>been always using the old Tango (it's a MS-DOS program) software to do my
>easy boards. I thing is very easy and fast as it is designed to work every
>command with three keyboard touches. And I like it as well because I have
>a lot of components personally designed in my libraries and designs I'd
>like to keep.
>
>
>
>But now I'm having problems: with my new computer and operating system
>(W2000) the Tango program doesn't work and I need to generate Gerber files
>that Tango doesn't do.
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>
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>So I thing is no remedy to upgrade.
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>Does anybody know of a PCB design program that is compatible with my old
>Tango libraries and .pcb designs? Does Tango still exist in a Windows
>version? Any recommendations of a PCB design program that has the same
>working philosophy as Tango?
>
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>I've been trying Protel-99. It doesn't accept my libraries nor my old
>designs. And I don't like it (this is personal opinion, of course).
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>Thanks.
>
>
>
>Joan V. Castell
>
>UPC University
>
>Catalonia
>
>Spain.
>
>
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