[Lab] Suggestions for EDA Suite?

[Micro]

I've found Eagle to be much easier to use than other programs I've tried. If you have any questions about it while you're checking it out, let me know.

Guy

--- On Fri, 11/19/10, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Lab] Suggestions for EDA Suite?
To: "Tom Burns" <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
Cc: "lab" <lab at artengine.ca>
Date: Friday, November 19, 2010, 10:53 AM

I typically design boards no larger than 4" x 6" at 4 layers. (plus mask and silk of course).
I've never actually used it (considering how commonly I hear it mentioned, I should really take a look). lol

Thanks!
- Paul

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:

Have you used EAGLE PCB at all?

Not sure the PCB sizes you need but for hobbiest sizes/number of layers it's cheap, works cross-platform, and has a large part library.  Also a lot of hobbiest vendors like SparkFun or communities like Adafruit have their own component libraries released as EAGLE libraries.




www.cadsoftusa.com

Tom

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:



Hey everyone! I've been using Proteus for my EDA suite for the past few years now, and I'm comfortable with it and it works ok for me... But it's beginning to get a bit dated. The component libraries are lacking, and it's lacking gerber output capability for PCB designs (making it difficult to have things professionaly done).




So can anyone recommend a solid EDA suite that fits (at least most of) the following requirements:- Reasonably Affordable- Schematic Capture & PCB Design, with netlist exporting from schematic app. (or both features integrated in one, don't really care)



- Large component library for both schematic capture and PCB app, (or at least industry standard expandable library so that it doesn't get outdated too quickly)- Basic schematic simulation capability (SPICE or equivalent)



- Would be nice if PCB design app supports 3D renderings of boards (for visualizing layout before prototyping)- Gerber output capabilities- Fairly accepted standard, so that I won't have much trouble sharing files back and forth with the community.




Any suggestions would be appreciated. If nothing suitable is out there within my price range, I might just stick with Proteus. But I figured it's worth exploring at this point. Have some new projects on the go that could benefit from a new EDA suite.




Thanks!
- Paul

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