![]() I'm 67 years old, a filmmaker that is used to complex video editing, my mind is 100% active and I do know the concept of learning curves, as I understand these tutorials are very poor. That option should exist, and apparently it does not.Īnd yes, these programs do have a steep learning curve. ![]() It should be my prerogative to do what I want, and not the program's. Thanks, Jean-Paul, I could have not said it any better. Just put a mistake protection for short-circuiting the supply and that's all. For instance, if the same technique that was used on the DOS pcb program I used before was applied on the schematic design, such a program would be much easier than the ones I mentioned. Once again, I don't see why they don't make things easier. Also it is not the first I design, double-sided and all. This is an analog circuit I'm building and not too sophisticated. I've been told that things get easier later, but I got impatient.īut seeing the learning problems the others had, I might go back to the Altium. Problem with the Altium is that you have to load too many variables before you get things going. You have to design the schematic with the program and then convert that to pcb parts, that you then arrange.ĪS I come from the time when you designed the schematic with a drawing program and then placed the parts with the pcb program, I really don't see the need for it if you're not going to do simulations and all.Īnd they are complicated to learn indeed: I went through Altium, KiCAD and Eagle, and except for the Altium, the other two tutorials were very poor and they said things would happen that did not. ![]() Interesting that it's called schematic capture, when there's no capture at all. Pad2Pad - Custom Printed Circuit Board Manufacturer, Mahwah NJ | General | MainīTW I think I used the same DOS software in the past but I recall it being called Easytrax ?!?! One point is that you can not export boards, you will have to have the PCBs made at their facility. Nowadays I use pad2pad and I like it a lot as it is free and simple, no steep learning curve etc. Efficiency is debatable as one needs to spend many hours to get used to this CAD software. The supposedly better efficiency of most PCB programs is not what I want, I want quality. To me drawing the PCB is in fact drawing the schematic/circuit with care for current loops, proper power supply decoupling etc. I cannot and will not stop thinking and acting the analog way despite various reasons to adapt to the workflow recent software offers. Must be that I used to draw PCBs by hand (with ink on paper) long ago. ![]() Hi I feel exactly the same about this and dislike forced schematic capture (in fact you need to draw the schematic first before any board can be designed) and autorouting "features" too. ![]()
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