pc boards
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..
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..
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
www.cadsoft.de
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.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121977&highlight=
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.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121977&highlight=
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