The board will be for signal processing. My company does only R&D so a few boards will be designed a year only for prototypes. I downloaded Eagle and the basic features seem great and it's easy to figure out. If I went with Eagle is there any recommendations on simulation software for transient...
I have looked into Eagle and it does seem like a decent package (except no sim). Does anyone have any experience using this package? I have seen mixed reviews about it. I also looked at Pulsonix and it looks like a great package but they get a little expensive. I'm looking for something for...
Monkeysolder, the boards won't be very complicated, probably double-sided with under 500 pins. One thing I didn't mention is I would like software with simulation capabilites if possible. Proteus VSM has micro sim which is partly why I was looking at it. I also would rather have my own software...
I am working for a small company that is finally at the step of needing to design a circuit board for one of our projects. Since we will only be doing a couple boards a year I don't need an advanced package. Also we are on a budget due to the low usage of the software. Does anyone have any...
Thanks for the help Garland, I think you are right on Algor. I want something easy to use so I don't spend a bunch of time trying to figure out the software. I had an Algor WebEx demo and I'm going to get an eval copy from them to try.
First of all I should say I am looking for a basic linear static package for now but will need the dynamics (vibration included) package down the road. Partly why I didn't look so much at Ansys or Abaqus was their prices are a bit higher and they are a little harder to use for someone like me...
Thanks for the help Gbor. I understand what you're saying on resolution along an element edge, that does sound nice. This is exaggerating in size, but take for example a square element that is sizes 2"x2". You can predict along the element edges quite well with the p-element but what about all...
One thing I'm still strugling with is the p-method used in Pro/Mechanica. It converges along lines and raises the polynomail order, but in large elements I still don't know how that would help get fine enough resolution for a good answer.
I'm new to the finite element analysis world and have limited myself down to 2 products, Algor and Mechanica. I have read some on the p-method used in Mechanica and the h-method used in Algor. Both products seem nice for their ease of use, since both can be integrated into ProEngineer, which is...
