PCB Board designer?

[marchewd]

Hello,
I am working on turning a schematic into pcb boards, but I do not feel comfortable doing that myself. Does anyone know of anybody who does this, or can point me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Dan

[FUCHSAUDIO]

Try; www.expresspcb.com

Free software (you have to use them to make the boards), but very simple to use, and turns out some nice stuff pretty easily without dealing with etchants and chemicals etc..

[ratza]

I'm using Eagle from Cadsoft. The freeware version is limited to 4 by 3.2 inches though. Libraries for tubes can be found with google or designed by yourself.
www.cadsoft.de

[Mooly]

www.diptrace.com Freeware, absolutely brilliant, can't fault it

[marchewd]

Thanks Mooly, that is exactly what I am looking for. I can try it myself, but if I don't succeed, I can have them design the pcb boards for me!

[Mooly]

Thats good. Make sure you download the tutorial as well and work through it slowly. It's a lot easier to use than it looks.
Try something really simple to begin, and try altering things like pad sizes etc. You can draw "direct to board" you don't need enter the circuit.
What I did was select a lot of common parts RES400 CAP250RP etc etc and print them all out on one sheet so you can see what size parts your actually dealing with. It's no good having resistors half a mile long on the board when you just want a quarter watt.
You only need a half decent inkjet and some transparancies + UV box and that's it to do a first class board.
You will have to practice and you will have failures at first.
Any questions just ask.

Etching my own PCB's a couple questions.

[Alard]

Will work for?

Depending on the severity of the job, maybe nothing.
I have used ExpressPCB extensively. Many audio builds.

Email me.
allenvanneste@hotmail.com