I have not done any serious design work with it. Out of curiosity, I "tinkered" with it by doing a simple two-sided hobby board.
I had to do a bit of source compiling to get it set up. It's the usual Unix collection of tools to do the job - it's not tightly integrated as you expect from commercial EDA software. Unless they've done something with it recently, it's limited to an 8 layer PCB. If you're looking for a free open source professional package to run under Linux - it doesn't exist. At 11:35 AM 4/24/2007, you wrote: >Have you used this at all? > > > > > > From: Harry Selfridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2007/04/24 Tue PM 01:00:44 CDT > > To: Protel EDA Discussion List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Open source equivalent to Protel > > > > There is really only one open source complete EDA suite for Linux at > > the moment. It is gEDA, and you'll find it at http://geda.seul.org . > > > > -Harry > > > > > > At 09:59 AM 4/24/2007, you wrote: > > >I am a very happy Protel 99SE user but my boss is infatuated with open > > >source and he is asking about open source PCB schematic and > layout programs. > > >Personally I see no reason to switch from Protel 99SE or DXP but > he wants us > > >all to switch over to Linux sometime in the future. > > > > > >Do any of you have any suggestions for programs equivalent to > Protel in the > > >Open Source realm. I have looked at several on the web but I have not > > >tested them out yet. > > > > > >Trentino > > snip > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > > > To Post messages: > > mailto:[email protected] > > > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > >Dave Schaefer >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >____________________________________________________________ >You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > >To Post messages: >mailto:[email protected] > >Unsubscribe and Other Options: >http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > >Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
