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Martin
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hi all,
Well here goes, I am, as the heading says a complete newbie to
designing PCB's, all I want to do is create simple single (perhaps
double) sided PCB's for LED displays. I have made a couple of displays
using strip board but would like to make a more professionals display
using a 'proper' PCB.
These are for my motorbike rear lamp unit. So, all that will be on the
boards are LED's and resistors.
I have been trying to use Eagle from cadsoft, but to be honest I have
failed with flying colours to create the PCB. I can layout everything,
but when I pour the copper it's a complete block instead of nice
tracks.
What I am really after is a drag and drop type thang for use in a
graphics package or perhaps visio, or something along those lines.
I can draw the design on a piece of paper so I want to do the same on
my P.C screen.
I have read that you can use laser printer to print out the design,
then iron it onto your copper sheet, and then etch. This is about as
technical as I need it.
So are there any packages out there that will let me draw a PCB?
Any help gratefully received.
Martin
Well here goes, I am, as the heading says a complete newbie to
designing PCB's, all I want to do is create simple single (perhaps
double) sided PCB's for LED displays. I have made a couple of displays
using strip board but would like to make a more professionals display
using a 'proper' PCB.
These are for my motorbike rear lamp unit. So, all that will be on the
boards are LED's and resistors.
I have been trying to use Eagle from cadsoft, but to be honest I have
failed with flying colours to create the PCB. I can layout everything,
but when I pour the copper it's a complete block instead of nice
tracks.
What I am really after is a drag and drop type thang for use in a
graphics package or perhaps visio, or something along those lines.
I can draw the design on a piece of paper so I want to do the same on
my P.C screen.
I have read that you can use laser printer to print out the design,
then iron it onto your copper sheet, and then etch. This is about as
technical as I need it.
So are there any packages out there that will let me draw a PCB?
Any help gratefully received.
Martin