RE: [OTish] Electronics (for HA)

["Keith Doxey" <lists.diyha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

I must admit that I only used it a few time before I bought Proteus to
do
proper PCB's.

It isnt perfect and on a few occasions I actually crashed it. Like you,
I
couldnt find a way to place things EXACTLY where I wanted them but my
main
purpose for using it was to document layouts. By saving the image and
then
doctoring it in Paint Shop Pro I could get a really good picture to save
as
a record of a finished design.

It had a great deal of potential, pity the company folded because with a
bit
more work it could have been an excellent product. The one bit I really
HATED was the schematic part.
That was truly awful :-(

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


-----Original Message-----
From: David Paterson [mailto:david.paterson@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 April 2002 23:09
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OTish] Electronics (for HA)


Hi Keith,

On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 16:44:51 +0100, you wrote:

>What you have ordered is Veroboard which is a preconnected
stripboard.
>
>VERY useful stuff.

Indeed it is, especially for quick tests of circuits or for
prototyping.

>I have attached (at the risk of upsetting a few people!) a layout from
a
>program called "Stipboard Magic" which is sadly no longer
available.

I managed to find a copy of this, but I'm not that impressed with it.
My main gripe is that it won't let me put components along the length
of
the board, e.g. put a resistor "horizontally" in your figure,
with a
hole cut under it to separate the two ends - something I often do in
stripboard layouts.

It's sometimes handy to put things at other angles as well, but the
program just doesn't seem to allow it.  Everything has to be lined
up
"vertically" across the tracks :{

Do you know if there's any way to get the program to allow this kind of
layout, or even use it itself during design?  If it can't I think
I'll
stick to doing layouts by hand.

David P.



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