![]() ![]() Both those softwares have same GUI and technology paradigms, and use same concepts, and they both costs less than Eagle. For the PCB pattern, it's better to make it from scratch and redo the pattern to sch mapping by hand.ĭesignSpark also makes you really productive when switching more advanced software like EasyPC or Pulsonix. I find it even better to import a new part from Eagle just to got 80% of the schematics drawn, and then redo all pins and connections numbering by hand. I think you could import any Eagle Part, but you need to check all nets and connections. Importing Eagle libs works partially with complex parts. I would recommand it to any new developper. I tried its component editor yesturday, and I must agree it's a very good and very intuitive software. I think that even Kicad will beat it in few years. Even in v6, the developpers seems to never heared about something named Graphics GUIs or interactivity. At these prices, it's really very cheap compared to Eagle prices.Įagle is a very powerful package, but it's too expensive and the GUI is really 1980 likes. The Lite version(500 pins, 2L) is free and has also no size limitation on board (and everything is included even the autorouter). For about 120$, you could get the NON PROFIT Standard edition (1000 pins, 4L) with no limitation in board size. Now need to check some details about import of Eagle libs, and if it's done ok, I'll for sure buy this one. ![]() The parts builder is really very simple to use. For the libs, it really lack a lot of libs, but I saw on the web that it's able to import Eagle libs and parts (didn't tried that yet). ![]() This product is really far better than Eagle (from the intractivity side). ![]() You mouve parts naturally, you copy/paste them, you move tracks, rework them, the contextual menus works really very well and all commands are available there. It's really extra intuitive especially when interacting with mouse. All that in less than 15 min !!!! I could even move parts from one side to the other with simple mouse clicks. Without reading ANY doc, nor checking any help file, right after having installed it, I could create a schematics (TQFP PIC chip+24LCxx + some resistors and capa), check it for EE validity, convert it to PCB, do autorouting and rework some tracks and render it in 3D. Tried DipTrace yesturday, and I was really estonished. ![]()
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