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A Circuit Board Program and Yet Another Program for Drawing Models

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Howard Rush · Nov 22, 2009 01:45 AM

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I needed to make some printed circuit boards for a combat shutoff awhile back. I was going to lay them out with my old 2D program, but I came across Sunstone PCB123, which is free and works a treat: http://pcb123.sunstone.com/Producer.aspx?sid=63&sky=6MH71Y5W&pgi=430&pgk=V2ZMVE7Y&rid=30698&rky=Y7ON1GVR&tky=129033378537187500&gclid=CM7z24_ynZ4CFRhfagodEQhWlQ . When you get your board layed out, you click a button and input your credit card number. Two days later, a box of circuit boards appear on your doorstep. This has proven to be expensive.

http://www.devcad.com/eng/default.htm looks kinda interesting. Gary James recommended it to me. It imports airfoils from Profili and has features to vary wing sweeps and lay out building jigs. It has some built-in planes, some of which are even control line.

Howard Rush
Bellevue, WA

Bob Reeves · Aug 06, 2010 12:22 PM

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This is another PC board company.. They have two free drawing programs Schematic & Board that work together. I've been using them for years.

http://www.expresspcb.com/

dhutch · Aug 15, 2010 06:25 PM

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I also used Express PCB to do the spark ignition units. There is a set up fee which makes a small quantity of boards somewhat expensive. You can design the board with their nifty little CAD type program and then find out the exact cost of the run. Over 50 units it gets down to reasonable $$.
Don

Iskandar Taib · May 11, 2011 09:41 PM

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Here's another one:

http://www.pad2pad.com/

Never tried their manufacturing service, but their software is great! It routes all the traces for you automatically. You can use the output to make one-of boards using this method:

http://www.riccibitti.com/pcb/pcb.htm

While you're at it, there's also their sister site:

http://www.emachineshop.com/

Iskandar