Messages in this thread |  | | From | Johnny Stenback <> | Subject | Re: driver development tool | Date | Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:22:45 +0200 (EET) |
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> > > From: Randy Scott <scottr@belle.bork.com> > > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:05:24 -0600 > > Subject: Re: driver development tool > > > > In article <5661k1$5hg@belle.bork.com> you wrote: > > : > 2) access to PCB manufacturing > > : > 10 pieces of a 4-layer PCB cost ~$1200 and need 4 weeks for > > : > processing. > > > > I have access to simple two-sided PCB manufacturing facilities. PCB > > layout on the other hand is hard to come by... > > I _think_ I still have some old MS-DOS shareware layout software > (it should be on a Simtel mirror too) called PC-Route. It is simple, > but can handle auto-routing double-sided boards including using > plated-through holes. Actually, I'm positive that there is more than > one such freely available package around. > > Which reminds me, I've always meant to write a X layout package someday. > I spent about 6 months studying the subject (university libraries can > have hidden treasure), but never got around to hacking code :-( > > P.S. I received a notice from PADS about their new website. > They make production layout software for the PC. > It can be yours for a mere $10,000 (last time I asked for a price > at least) for the bare-bones package. The auto-router is extra > ($5,000 I think). This is of course for a SINGLE station license.
There is a share-ware version of PADS too, I have one version of it but it's a couple of years old (there is probably newer ones available now) and it has some limitations (of course), if I remember right the max nr of holes/"soldering points" (or whatever they are called) was a couple of hundred (sorry, it's a couple of years since I've touched it so I don't remember exactly) but that is hardly enough if the card should hold a cpu and simm-sockets...
The production version of PADS is (was at least) available at the vocational school near by where I studied a couple of years ago, I _might_ get someone over there to draw it if someone is interested...
PS.
Yes, PADS is expensive as *ell, it was about 7000$ when they bought it and that was only about 1/3 of what it would have costed for a production environment.
> > -- > Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net > Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ > XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
-- Johnny Stenback, programmer / University of Vaasa, Computer Centre E-Mail jst@uwasa.fi, Phone +358 50 5575 094
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