Pcb Design Software
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| Developer(s) | Thomas Nau |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 1990 [1] |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Unix-like (BSDs, Linux, Solaris, OS X (experimental) and Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Electronic design automation (EDA) |
| License | GPLv2 |
| Website | pcb.geda-project.org |
PCB is a free and open-source software suite for electronic design automation (EDA) - for printed circuit boards (PCB) layout. It uses GTK+ for its GUI widgets.
The original layout software you’ve known and loved. Easy to learn and simple to use for your 2 or 4 layer PCB designs. Schematic linking allows easy validation of your layout design. Altium is the world’s leading provider of PCB design software, PCB component and data management software and the host of AltiumLive — the industry’s fastest-growing conference for. It is a powerful schematic capture and PCB design software package developed by CadSoft. Eagle is a fully integrated tool providing necessary features to create the simplest to complex designs. It offers user friendly yet powerful solutions for PCB design with the help of three modules: Schematic Capture, Board Layout, and Auto-router.
History[edit]
PCB was first written by Thomas Nau for an Atari ST in 1990 and ported to UNIX and X11 in 1994. Initially PCB was not intended to be a professional layout system but as a tool for individuals to do small-scale development of hardware.[1][4]The second release 1.2 introduced user menus. 100 bill serial numbers. This made PCB easier to use and increased its popularity.[1]Harry Eaton took over PCB development beginning with Release 1.5, although he contributed some code from Release 1.4.3. Mad catz controllers.
PCB includes a topological autorouter named Toporouter, developed by Anthony Blake in a Google-funded open source project mentored by DJ Delorie in 2008.[5] It is mostly based on an implementation of the algorithms described in Tal Dayan's 1997 PhD thesis, 'Rubberband based topological router'.[5][6] This router has meanwhile been adapted for use with the open-source KiCad project as well.
Eagle Pcb Design Software
Features[edit]
Express Pcb Design Software
- Scalable fonts
- Layer groups to keep signals together
- Add on device drivers
- Gerber RS-274X and NC Drill output support
- Centroid (X-Y) data output
- PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript output
- Rats-nest generation from simple net lists
- Automatic clearance around pins that pierce a polygon
- Flags for pins and vias
- Groups of action commands can be undone by a single undo
- Simple design rule checker (DRC) - checks for minimum spacing and overlap rules
- Drawing directly on the silk layer
- Viewable solder-mask layers and editing
- Netlist window
- Netlist entry by drawing rats
- Auto router
- Snap to pins and pads
- Element files and libraries that can contain whole sub-layouts, metric grids
- Up to 16 copper layer designs by default
- Trace optimizer
- Rats nest
- Connectivity verification
- Can interoperate with free schematic capture tools such as gEDA and XCircuit
- GNU autoconf/automake based build system
- PCB is Free Software
Circuit Board Design
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abc'PCB document manual'. 100826 pcb.gpleda.org
- ^'PCB'. Recent News section. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^'pcb-4.2.0 released'. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^'Linux Fund partners to boost usability of gEDA open source electronic engineering software package'. 100826 linuxfund.org
- ^ abBlake, Anthony (2009-07-07) [2008]. 'Topological Autorouter - Introduction'. Archived from the original on 2011-02-27.
- ^Dayan, Tal (June 1997). 'Rubberband based topological router'(PDF) (PhD thesis). Santa Cruz, CA. USA: University of California. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2017-09-25.