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News Release from: Adept Scientific | Subject: Easy-PC 8
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 January 2005
PCB design made easy
Easy-PC 8 is the latest version of the world famous windows-based software tool for printed circuit board design and schematics capture.
Adept Scientific haso announced a new addition to its range of technical computing software products; Easy-PC 8 is the latest version of the world famous windows-based software tool for printed circuit board design and schematics capture Easy-PC, an accredited Windows "designed for XP" application, provides powerful features such as expandable component libraries, unlimited electrical and documentation layers, an easy-to-use interface, online DRC (Design Rules Checking), autoplacement and autorouting, plus outputs to manufacturing standards like Gerber, Excellon, and now ODB++
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Easy-PC also offers an optional high-performance mixed signal SPICE simulator, Easy-Spice, which integrates with the Easy-PC schematics.
Easy-Spice delivers convergence performance far superior to several well-known Spice simulators which are considerably more expensive.
Developed by Number One Systems, the latest version of Easy-PC, version 8, delivers a breathtaking array of new features to help make PCB design tasks faster and easier than ever before.
Feature highlights include: * Sketch mode manual routing to accelerate manual editing.
Users simply sketch a rough outline of their preferred track direction and Easy-PC routes along the path.
* Provides different Autorouter options including Autoroute for single-sided designs using wire links and flying wires.
* Real-life board visualisation lets users see how any PCB design would look after manufacture and assembly - view the display on screen or print a copy for assembly purposes.
* Support for ODB++ export which is becoming widely acknowledged as the de-facto industry standard for PCB CAD data exchange in manufacturing.
* Import of Eagle Schematic, PCB, and libraries from Eagle version 4.09 and 4.11.
Easy-PC also imports designs and libraries from Tsien Boardmaker2 and Ultiboard/UltiCAP up to version 5.72.
* Plus lots more in version 8! Adept's Managing Director, Paul Bragg said, "We carefully select only the very best in technical computing solutions to maintain the highest standards of product quality and service to our customers". Request a free brochure from Adept Scientific ...
" Although new to us, Easy-PC is a very stable, well-established product, delivering high-powered performance at a realistic price and we're sure it will make an important addition to our software offering.".
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