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PCB design software for Linux machine

magal

Hi,

We currently have SPB16.6 Installed on our Linux server, However, it seems inconvenient to use:

1. The design environment isn't integrated; the user has to first run Allegro HDL to create schematic, then run the PCB editor to create layout. This meens that forward/back annotation is inconvenient.

2. Also, there seems to be a lot of set-up to be done before actual design work starts.

3. Lastly, for every foot-print or library edit there are separate tools that must be loaded separately and break the design flow.

Is there any way to use SPB as an integrated design environment? If not, what other alternatives do we have? Am I missing something?

Since my group's research focus is IC, our PCB needs are usually simple (~2-4 layers, High freq but not to dense designs)

Thanks ahead,

Matan

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  • Project manager is concept hdl/allegro layout oriented.There is no equivalent (or i dont about know it...) for Ocard Capture/allegro layout. Allegro layout can be started from orcad capture and cross probe. It works, just a little less usefull than concept/allegro with projmgr (according to MY experience, but i use concept since 1994...) You can of course extract a netlist from capture and use it in allegro; back annotation works also but with some anoying effects (it will create local modified components to handle swaps) Capture is more "intuitive" for beguiners but i think concept is more powerfull BUT really less intuitive. The kind of projects you will design can also guide you( for exemple, large projects with reuse of modules is better done witrh concept; now capture can do it but the limitations are quick here... will need more effort/checks for these kind of project. For "standard" project, capture does the job as well as concept. Thjs is MY experience about both of them)

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  • Project manager is concept hdl/allegro layout oriented.There is no equivalent (or i dont about know it...) for Ocard Capture/allegro layout. Allegro layout can be started from orcad capture and cross probe. It works, just a little less usefull than concept/allegro with projmgr (according to MY experience, but i use concept since 1994...) You can of course extract a netlist from capture and use it in allegro; back annotation works also but with some anoying effects (it will create local modified components to handle swaps) Capture is more "intuitive" for beguiners but i think concept is more powerfull BUT really less intuitive. The kind of projects you will design can also guide you( for exemple, large projects with reuse of modules is better done witrh concept; now capture can do it but the limitations are quick here... will need more effort/checks for these kind of project. For "standard" project, capture does the job as well as concept. Thjs is MY experience about both of them)

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