And at every level of pricing, there is still a board size limit. Enter DipTrace. Sure, one could get a hobbyist/non profit version for $169 but first you have to sign a declaration that makes you liable the moment you design a board and sell a couple.
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You either get a light version with 2 layers and a lot of limitations for $69, a Standard version for sch+layout for $575 or a professional for $1145. Number one, I absolutely could not stand it when I tried it, and number two- the pricing structure is a bit silly. I could potentially use Eagle, like everybody else does in the open hardware community, except for two things.
It’s a new tool for me, so a small simple design/layout and board order will test the waters so to speak. Why DipTrace you might ask, considering I already use high end packages at work such as Mentor Graphics Pads and Altium Designer, or how about Eagle? Well, for starters my hobby budget is small, and licensing Altium or Pads is well outside of it. In more electronics related news, I’ve been working on a simple board using DipTrace. The awesome picture of the Fluke board has now earned its spot as a blog header.I call it the “dancing transistors” banner. The sidebar is now present on all posts, not just the front page for easier navigation.
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Continue reading → Posted in Tutorials, Uncategorized | Tagged DipTrace, Dorkbot, DRC, Gerbers, Layout, OSH Park | 8 Replies Blog update and some musings on EDA tools Lets walk through the steps of ordering these boards. So a 2 square inches board in three copies will cost you $10 delivered from a US based board house! That definitely opens the door for quick prototyping of pretty much anything! After having used other company’s prototyping services, I must say OSH is also by far the most user friendly. The cost is very reasonable ($5 a square inch) and you get three boards.
He runs a community PCB service that groups orders and orders them periodically on a common panel, sharing costs between all people. The remaining options are a few China based places such as Itead Studio, Seeed Studio ,PCB Pool and Batch PCB ran by Sparkfun, and an OSH Park ran by Laen from Dorkbot.
The usual ways of ordering PCBs are rather expensive, with just tooling fees in hundreds of dollars. Well, my test design is complete and now I need a few prototypes to play with.
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