Well, I've been drawing schematics by hand for a long time now. Finally, my brain told me I should be looking into one of those circuit design software packages. Can anyone point me in the right direction of getting a good software package. Thanks

 

Hi :lol:

If you need some programs for free, I'll say ExpressPCB or PSpice

ExpressPCB = www.expresspcb.com
Advantages - Easy to use and learn
Disadvantages - Not as beautiful as other programs

PSpice by Orcad = http://www.electronics-lab.com/downloads/schematic/013/
Advantages - Makes good simulations (AC Sweep, bias), is used by the big companies like Philips
Disadvantages - Hard to learn while it has that many functions

Good luck in your searching
Just reply, if you thought of something else

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Electronics, what more to say, the best

 

Some of us here use Linear Technology's SwitcherCAD III, which allows you to draw schematics, and simulate them if you are familiar with Spice (the learning curve is steep). It does not have a PC board layout utility. The good news is it's free, and is not castrated like most Spice demo programs.

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Eagle PCB. Really great stuff, autorouter and everything. The lite edition you can download from them just has a limited board size.

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I thought what I'd do was I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.

 

But a friendly moderator may come along and delete them for you :lol:

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