PC boards and software

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Wed Apr 14 08:44:16 2004

>>>>> "charlesmorris" == charlesmorris <charlesmorris_at_direcway.com> writes:

>> Agreed, the $1200 (that I paid) for the unlimited version is a ton
>> of money for software. (Maybe you are the target audience for
>> PCB123 :-).)

 charlesmorris> $1200? I thought the top of the line was $495 (which
 charlesmorris> IMHO is still a ton of money).

That was back with V2.6, the DOS version with a dongle. The current
version is Windows or Linux, and comes in three flavors. They all
have three parts: schematic, PCB layout, autorouter; you can get one
or two or all three pieces. The unlimited one is $400 per piece.

Having seen autorouting, I wonder if it wouldn't make sense to get the
version without it. Autorouting saves a bit of time some of the time,
but only that. And it's only useful for noncritical signals. (That's
true even for the most expensive industrial grade PCB tools, as I've
found out talking to the hardware designers here.)

      paul
Received on Wed Apr 14 2004 - 08:44:16 BST