It provides high visibility of tracks (troubleshooting), and can be written on with marker. Here's a hint when getting boards prototyped- choose a yellow soldermask. And not much more expensive when you factor in material costs and failures. I have been using an electronics CAD package on & off for some time, but laast time I tried to load it, Norton blocked it as soon as it ran & tried to install updates claiming detection of Trojan.Gen.8, which seems to be some sort of generic label given to unknown trojan. The amount of time saved in being able to use PTH and fine tracks is worth it. AutoTRAX DEX Electronics CAD Now Identified as Trojan Threat. Seriously, give DEX a go, watch some of the video tutorials. They simply don't expect their users to make their own boards. This is a tutorial using Geoffs BackPack board as a design example to show how I would approach do the same board but using AutoTrax DEX. This is a tutorial of how I go about designing a PCB from scratch using Autotrax DEX.
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I have used Eagle, and found it incredibly frustrating and clunky.ĭuring my day job I use Altium ($$$$), but this is definately more towards the corporate price range, and not easy to get prints for DIY boards from (negatives). How to build a PCB design using Autotrax DEX: Doc Version. I have also used the free Designspark package from RS components, which is fine, and constantly improving but misses some features I use such as array placement tools. The paid version is sometimes dropped to $USD49. "Understanding How Transistors Work" - Stompbox Studiesįor my own work I use Autotrax DEX (not to be confused with Protel Autotrax).
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