From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Geoff Bagley Subject: Re: PCB design. W7DMR DE G3FHL = Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:42:47 +0000 Message-ID: <49C54337.4050402@btinternet.com> References: <49C4A0ED.4080304@btinternet.com> <20090321165809.GA9631@reid1.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090321165809.GA9631@reid1.localdomain> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: don Cc: Linux HAMs Hi Don, Many thanks for your information. Can you please tell me just how difficult it is to overcome the "complex" part of the pcb package. I much prefer to use the Debian package - I have an aversion to proprietary software even using wine. I wonder which GNU/Linux distro you use ? I started off with SuSE way back about 1999, but switched to Debian when "Woody" became stable. I now use "Lenny". Please can you give me a "steer" to get started with pcb ? If I can get started, I can build upon a modest start. I am not attempting an ambitious PCB - I guess it ought to be possible to get pcb working. I think I only need 8DIL sockets and a few resistors/capacitors to lay out a high gain LF amplifier using OP07 chips. Thanks to everyone for allowing me to hijack the list ! 73 to all Geoff Bagley G3FHL don wrote: > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 08:10:21AM +0000, Geoff Bagley wrote: > >> I have a PCB design package (Debian GNU/Linux package pcb ) which I have >> been playing with. >> >> Please can you tell me are there any other guys out there who have >> experience of this ? >> > > I have used it for 1 board. It works well. The situation with > part libraries and footprints is complex. If you want to do your own > no problem. > > For simple projects it is hard to beat expresspcb. Their tool runs OK > for me with wine. > > Don - W7DMR > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >