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Article #28Re: what is best & simple PCB maker?
From: Russell
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 03:17
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 03:17
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chris wrote: > Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message news:<3e0b147e_1@news.iprimus.com.au>... > >>Laplace wrote: >> >>>what is best & simple PCB maker? >>> >> >>I'm trying out a not-so-simple vutrax ( http://www.vutrax.co.uk ) >>It predates windows and seems a bit quirky, but runs on linux. >>There's a free download with only a 256pin limit. >>I haven't got the hang of it yet. Is anyone using it? > > > Hi, I have had it for about 15 years, there are a lot of pitfalls. > Like all the proffesional systems it has a steep learning curve. If > your just doing small boards at home then its probably too complex for > you, as well as too expensive, although nothing like what I had to > pay. Hi, complexity doesn't worry me, as long as it's there for a reason, and isn't too much of a kludged add-on. I do boards for work and would be classed as low-to-medium density with mostly thru-hole, and other smaller boards with smd. I used to use HP PCDS on unix which was a nightmare;)
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