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CAD Programs/Software to realize PCB

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CAD Programs/Software to realize Printed Circuit Boards (Schematic + PCB)

PB Free and ROHS compliant PCBs
Single or double sided
With or without Solder Mask and Silkscreen



RimuPCB
RimuPCB
- Easy to use and cost effective.
-Generates industry standard Gerber, Excellon and Pick and Place files for manufacture.
- Can import a netlist from your schematic. Seven different formats supported.

 

 

 

RimuPCB



PCB Artist
4PCBThere are several things I like better about your software than the other guys free version...PCB Artist is so intuitive that a tutorial is not needed" P.W., Wade Technical.



PCB Artist


PCB
PCB Sourceforge
PCB is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X11 window system. PCB includes a rats nest feature, design rule checking, and can provide industry standard RS-274-X (Gerber), NC drill, and centroid data (X-Y data) output for use in the board fabrication and assembly process. PCB offers high end features such as an autorouter and trace optimizer which can tremendously reduce layout time.




Sourceforge PCB

PCB 3.0
PCB 3.0PCB 3.0 is a branch of the source code modified to operate under the Tcl/Tk interpreter. Most of the coding for PCB 3.0 was done at MultiGiG, Inc., Scotts Valley, California, by Tim Edwards, Paramesh Santanam, and (working from India, courtesy of SynApps, Inc.), Nishit Patel. The code base is a departure from the original PCB in that a complete Tcl command-line API was concocted for PCB, and the GUI re-written as a Tk script. For the first cut (version 3.0), a fair bit of effort went to ensuring that the GUI looks and acts as much like the original Xlib-based version.



PCB 3.0


Cadstar
CADSTAR In response to customer demands the primary focus for version 9.0 has been to make CADSTAR even easier to use, with graphical representations of every function assignment, making the tool both easier to work with while allowing the user to develop their design skills – in turn increasing their design efficiency.



CADSTAR

criteria

I do not understand what was the criteria based on which you described the very few packages in this article. In reality there are many more packages, and you left out some of the major ones (pads, Altium (former Protel), Orcad etc).

The ones listed also do not seem to be freely available or open source. Anyway, it is a good addition to my knowledge, out of the ones you mentioned I am only familiar with CadStar.

One good package I am trying to familiarize myself with is KiCAD, free and open source. We even had an article about it here on emcelettronica:

http://dev.emcelettronica.com/kicad-free-and-open-source-eda-tool

Regards,
Cristian

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