Is EAGLE for hobbyist only ?

[Yuri Tregubov]

Dear colleagues,

It's interesting to know the complexity of
your projects designed with EAGLE.

Also, are EAGLE production files accepted by
majority of PCB manufactures, so how standard
they are ?

I consider to make a DSP/FPGA board.

Nordic regards,
Yuri

 

[Chris Carlen]

Yuri Tregubov wrote:

Dear colleagues,

It's interesting to know the complexity of
your projects designed with EAGLE.

Also, are EAGLE production files accepted by
majority of PCB manufactures, so how standard
they are ?

I consider to make a DSP/FPGA board.

Nordic regards,
Yuri

Hi,

I've been using Eagle to do an increasingly complex series of boards,
mostly 4-layer. It is capable of up to 16 layers, and the newest
version supports blind and buried vias, mitering, keyholing, etc. The
sorts of things you'd need for 6-layer and up boards for FPGAs/DSPs (but
4-layers may still be enough).

In fact, I'm planning a DSP/FPGA board myself!

Some folks complain about the user interface to Eagle, but I use it on
Linux so having programs with inconsistent user interfaces doesn't
bother me. The program is *very* stable on Linux. There are also
complaints about the library development tools and package organization.
This situation has improved quite a bit with recent versions as well.
Since I haven't used other PCB software, it seems fine to me. I have
developed extensive libraries over the years with Eagle.

The Gerber files of RS274-D and RS274-X that are produced by Eagle work
fine with the board fabs that I have used. I also use the GCPrevue
Gerber viewer, which works fine with Eagle's output. Quite a few
contractors that I work with use Eagle as well, so if I decide I don't
want to route a board, but just hand it over at the schematic level,
they can take my schematic work directly.

In summary, I see no reason why Eagle won't satisfy your needs.


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Christopher R. Carlen
Principal Laser/Optical Technologist
Sandia National Laboratories CA USA
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[Leon Heller]

"Chris Carlen" <crcarle@BOGUS.sandia.gov> wrote in message
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Yuri Tregubov wrote:
Dear colleagues,

It's interesting to know the complexity of
your projects designed with EAGLE.

Also, are EAGLE production files accepted by
majority of PCB manufactures, so how standard
they are ?

I consider to make a DSP/FPGA board.

Nordic regards,
Yuri


Hi,

I've been using Eagle to do an increasingly complex series of boards,
mostly 4-layer. It is capable of up to 16 layers, and the newest version
supports blind and buried vias, mitering, keyholing, etc. The sorts of
things you'd need for 6-layer and up boards for FPGAs/DSPs (but 4-layers
may still be enough).

In fact, I'm planning a DSP/FPGA board myself!

Some folks complain about the user interface to Eagle, but I use it on
Linux so having programs with inconsistent user interfaces doesn't bother
me. The program is *very* stable on Linux. There are also complaints
about the library development tools and package organization. This
situation has improved quite a bit with recent versions as well. Since I
haven't used other PCB software, it seems fine to me. I have developed
extensive libraries over the years with Eagle.

The Gerber files of RS274-D and RS274-X that are produced by Eagle work
fine with the board fabs that I have used. I also use the GCPrevue Gerber
viewer, which works fine with Eagle's output. Quite a few contractors
that I work with use Eagle as well, so if I decide I don't want to route a
board, but just hand it over at the schematic level, they can take my
schematic work directly.

In summary, I see no reason why Eagle won't satisfy your needs.

If it gets too difficult, Pulsonix will import Eagle designs and libraries.


Leon

 

[Yuri Tregubov]

Good to hear that.

Thanks to all !

Kind russian regards,
Yuri

 

[Olaf Lämmle]

Robert Baer schrieb:

Olaf Lämmle wrote:

Eagle does work on Linux, and since a few days on Mac.
See the Cadsoft-Homepage

Regards Olaf

Leon Heller schrieb:

"Uwe Bonnes" <bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de> wrote in message
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Leon Heller <leon_heller@hotmail.com> wrote:
: > In summary, I see no reason why Eagle won't satisfy your needs.

: If it gets too difficult, Pulsonix will import Eagle designs and
libraries.
:

Does it work on Linux and Mac?

No, only Win machines.

Leon

I found it *imposible* to make the demo version of Eagle to work.
That is why i use Ivex.

What OS do you have? I'm using eagle with windows (XP, 98SE) and Linux
(Mandrake). I had no problems until now.