mikey@bbimg.UUCP (05/05/87)
I use SCHEMA schematic capture a lot for a variety of small projects, but the cost of getting even small PCBs layed out and prototyped from just a netlist is a real problem. I was recently told about Tango-PCB, and seeing as how it will read the netlist right from SCHEMA and let me do a check print of the film on an IBM type printer, I was impressed, especially for the suggested $495 retail. Before I plunk down the cash, has anyone here on the net used Tango-PCB? What about the companion autorouter program TangoRoute? Buying both brings the total to $1000, but the last board I had made cost me more than that for the layout and 4 prepro samples! Being able to make the films direct and then just send out for board manufacture really appeals to me, but I still would like to hear from someone who has used either or both of these programs. Mike Yetsko Boston's Beth Israel Hospital trsvax!techsup!bbimg!mikey
amir@booboo.UUCP (Amir Majidimehr) (05/29/87)
Sorry about posting this. I couldn't mail it... In article <-3977194@bbimg>, mikey@bbimg.UUCP writes: > > I was recently told about Tango-PCB, and seeing as how it will read the netlist > right from SCHEMA and let me do a check print of the film on an IBM type > printer, I was impressed, especially for the suggested $495 retail. Before I > plunk down the cash, has anyone here on the net used Tango-PCB? I have used the Tango-PCB to design relatively small pc boards. The program is extremely flexible for the price and I has just about every editing feature that you would want. The only problem is the user interface. It does *not* have any menues. It makes heavy use of alternate and controll/function keys. They do give you an overlay for the function keys. It is also copy protected. > What about > the companion autorouter program TangoRoute? Buying both brings the total to > $1000, but the last board I had made cost me more than that for the layout and > 4 prepro samples! Being able to make the films direct and then just send out > for board manufacture really appeals to me, but I still would like to hear > from someone who has used either or both of these programs. Haven't used the autorouter. I send the file electronically that makes the prototypes. I just do a quick print on my dot-matrix printer. It cost about $100 to get a prototype made this way. -- Amir H. Majidimehr Gould Inc, Computer Systems Division {sun,pur-ee,brl-bmd}!gould!amir