Am 20.04.2009 um 20:34 schrieb Steve Weigold: > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Dave - WB6DHW > <brain...@wildblue.net>wrote: > > Lothar Behrens wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is there any resource for success stories about using KICAD? > > > > Not only what company but also what circuit / application and what > > package density / types used. > > I am asking again, because I would wish to see some projects about > > targeting mobile phone / smart phone > > or PDA like complexity. (Especially those parts used in OpenMoko > > 1973 / FreeRunner) > > > > Thanks > > > > Lothar > > > > . > > > Lothar, > > I'm not sure what type of "stories" you are looking for. I'm a > first time user. Previous board experience with PADS. I just > completed a 6 layer (4 routing, power, ground) board approx 3.5 x > 3.75. PC104 connector, dual row IDC connector, 240 QFP FPGA, 2 144 > pin QFP devices and an assortment of 0805 resistors, capacitors and > smaller parts. Hand routed, 800 or so holes... Fairly dense. > Waiting on the board to ship now. Generally very pleased with the > experience. >
I am doing a small research if KICAD will be capable to create boards with 8 or more layers using high density components like FBGA parts. It's about a mobile phone / smart phone from OpenMoko, that now will be further developed in a comunity. As I remember if I am right they used Mentor PADS if that is what you mentioned. For a comunity it should better be an open source tool than a closed source. That's why I am asking for success stories or simply stating 'we using KICAD for our project X containing these parts: As in my other post: http://www.opatnet.cz/elektronika/datasheet/U/um_s3c2442b_rev12.pdf and http://www.numonyx.com/Documents/Datasheets/M58WRxxxKTB.pdf The main samples yet didn't show up any ball grid array housings, what I am interested in, but it shows that there are created boards that are to be selled. Also I saw applications up into the HF area to 1.3 GHz. BTW, if anyone is interested in participating in smartphone development, please welcome to the mailing list (gt...@lists.openmoko.org ) Lothar > Steve > > > > -- | Rapid Prototyping | XSLT Codegeneration | http://www.lollisoft.de Lothar Behrens Heinrich-Scheufelen-Platz 2 73252 Lenningen ------------------------------------ Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:kicad-users-dig...@yahoogroups.com mailto:kicad-users-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: kicad-users-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
