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04/18/06 17:21
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#114468 - Yes, about five IC's
Responding to: ???'s previous message
and, of course, that will take about a dozen passives, mostly bypass members.

Keep in mind, though, that the old OrCAD has LOTS of library and it's readily accessible, unlike what's in most other packages, as shipped.

Back in the early '80's, I produced and sold an adapter from a Z80 socket to a WD1000-05 HDC board, about the size of a business card, that has a 40-conductor cable connector, a diode, a few capacitors, a few (3) resistors, and three IC's in addition to the CPU, which I use as a benchmark. I hand-routed the PCB back then, as this software wasn't yet available, but I remember the circuit pretty well and can enter it without giving it too much thought. Using the same parts placement, if that's possible, all through-hole, since that's how the original was built, it takes about 20 minutes (schematic takes about 5) with the OrCAD tools for DOS.

If the schematic didn't take so long, BEagle doesn't do badly, in this case, either, BTW, since it's a 2-layer board. It Autoroutes it to completion in about 5 seconds, and there's little you'd want to do manually, either, aside, perhaps, from changing the track widths in places, which it doesn't readily allow.

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TopicAuthorDate
TSSOP28 footprint for Protel 2.7 PCB            01/01/70 00:00      
   Why not design the footprint yourself?            01/01/70 00:00      
      You want to try it with fricking eagle            01/01/70 00:00      
         Do you like BEagle?            01/01/70 00:00      
            pcad            01/01/70 00:00      
               Yes, I've got it right here            01/01/70 00:00      
                  FPGA libraries in general            01/01/70 00:00      
            Protel            01/01/70 00:00      
               I'm spoiled            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Protel for DOS            01/01/70 00:00      
            a simple workaround            01/01/70 00:00      
            Eagle            01/01/70 00:00      
               what            01/01/70 00:00      
                  BOMs from schematics            01/01/70 00:00      
                     a good idea with problems            01/01/70 00:00      
                        problems have solutions            01/01/70 00:00      
                           agreed, as I tried to convey            01/01/70 00:00      
            WOW            01/01/70 00:00      
               Yes, about five IC's            01/01/70 00:00      
                  OK, now it makes sense            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Well, how would you do it?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        tell it all when first posting            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Erik, you're doing it again ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              naah            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Well, OK, it's your choice ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    I actually consider that a disadvantage            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       It's a matter of preference, perhaps            01/01/70 00:00      
         There are more than one fish in the sea            01/01/70 00:00      
            It's still much too slow to be useful            01/01/70 00:00      
               In the olden days I worked with DOS ORCA            01/01/70 00:00      
                  It's the plague of Windows            01/01/70 00:00      
                     take the bitter with the sweet            01/01/70 00:00      
                     keyboard shortcuts and toolbars            01/01/70 00:00      
                        I've just got to disagree            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Are you in the mood for another?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Nah....no menu's            01/01/70 00:00      
                        that is rarely an option            01/01/70 00:00      
                           it's no better if you're independent            01/01/70 00:00      

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