Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] DCC this Week!

[John Ackermann N8UR]

Stuart Brorson wrote:
> > The 24th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference
> > September 23-25, 2005
> > Santa Ana, California
> > http://www.tapr.org/dcc
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> [. . . .]
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> > Introductory Sessions
> > ------------------------------
> > - Intro to Eagle CAD by Dan Welch, W6DFW
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> Eagle is nice, but unless you pay for the commercial version, it's
> crippleware.  I wonder if anybody on this list would be in a position
> to talk about (i.e. evangelize) using open-source gEDA for circuit
> design?   

We'd be happy to have someone talk about gEDA (though it's a bit late 
now in the schedule to make many changes).  Personally, I made my first 
steps into PCB design this summer, and I started out with gEDA, but 
frankly the learning curve, particularly in creating/editing components, 
was just too painful.

I switched to Eagle because at least it will run on Linux.  I sure 
prefer FOSS software whenever possible, but I just found Eagle a much 
more usable solution.  (If you're not aware, they have a "non-profit" 
license that will do boards up to 4x6 inch with up to 4 layers for $150; 
not free, but not too bad a price.)

The DCC next year will be in Tucson; if anyone wants to do a gEDA 
tutorial, you have a year to get ready :-)

John Ackermann
(President, TAPR)