blinkenlight console - not only for PDP's !

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Tue Apr 13 08:49:22 2004

>>>>> "Gooijen" == Gooijen H <Gooijen> writes:

 Gooijen> If there is sufficient interest, I *might* think of
 Gooijen> designing a lay-out of a single board that contains the CPU
 Gooijen> and the I/O. Depends on how many of you have interest in
 Gooijen> this project to keep the cost low. If somebody works where
 Gooijen> he/she has easy access to a PC lay-out program and etch
 Gooijen> option (double-sided PCB, with metalisation through the
 Gooijen> holes), I will gladly assist and provide answers for any
 Gooijen> related question.

Henk,

A couple of options, one I know, one I don't yet:

Cadsoft (www.cadsoft.de or www.cadsoftusa.com) has a nice PCB CAD tool
(Eagle CAD). There's a freeware version, but it's limited in
schematic and PCB size. There's also a low cost non-profit version
that's still somewhat limited but a lot less, it might work for you.
I've been using an older version for some time now, it's quite a nice
product.

There's also www.pcb123.com, which is a PCB shop that offers a
freeware PCB tool to go with their service. I think the trick is that
it's tied to their PCB fab, but their prices don't seem to be fairly
reasonable. I haven't tried that yet. That one doesn't seem to have
any size limits.

    paul
Received on Tue Apr 13 2004 - 08:49:22 BST