PCB shematic/layout tool survey
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Posted by thepcbdude on November 10, 2006, 4:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options I am doing a quick survey on PCB schematic / layout tools used. If you have a couple minutes could you answer the following questions and email me at thepcbd...@yahoo.com. I will post the results of the survey. 1) What schematic capture tool do you use? 2) What PCB layout tool do you use? 3a) Do you use these tools for Analog design? 3b) Digital design? 3c) RF design? 4) Are you a hobbyist or a professional? 5) If a professional, how large a company do you work for ( number of employees:) a:1-9, b:10-99, c:100-999, d:1000+? 6) how many boards do you do a year? 7) Which of the following best describes the complexity of your typical board ? a: very simple - 1 or 2 layers, no high density parts/routing, no advanced features. b: simple - 4 or less layers, no high density parts/routing, no advanced features. c: moderate - 4 or more layers, uses high density parts/routing or some advanced features. d: complex - 4 or more layers, uses high density parts/routing and multiple advanced features. 8) What Country, State/Province are you located in? | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by PeteS on November 13, 2006, 1:18 pm
Please log in for more thread options thepcbdude wrote: Good way to harvest email addresses from pros, who _really_ don't want any more spam in their inbox. Call me a cynic, but I've seen it before. On your questions; 6 and 8 layer boards aren't necessarily complex and even 2 layers could be. If you want a survey, then set up a proper web survey (no logins/registration required) and I might play. Cheers PeteS | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by thepcbdude on November 14, 2006, 8:00 pm
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PeteS wrote: > Good way to harvest email addresses from pros, who _really_ don't want
> any more spam in their inbox. Call me a cynic, but I've seen it before. > > On your questions; 6 and 8 layer boards aren't necessarily complex and > even 2 layers could be. > > If you want a survey, then set up a proper web survey (no > logins/registration required) and I might play. > > Cheers > > PeteS Thanks for the feedback, although harvesting was not my intent, I guess you're right this was a poor way of going about this. wrt what is complex and what is not , yes you can do a very complex layout on two layers (or even one) and a very simple layout on 8+ layers but these are the exception. Also what one person considers complex others think are simple. So I created a simple yet rough guide as to what is simple/complex. | ||||||||||||||||
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> have a couple minutes could you answer the following questions and
> email me at thepcbd...@yahoo.com. I will post the results of the
> survey.