Pulsonix / EasyPC features

They are produced by the same company, but are aimed at different markets. Pulsonix has features which make it much more suitable for professional high-end designs than Easy-PC, which is intended for educational and hobbyist users. For instance, Pulsonix supports blind and buried vias, will import designs from most of the other packages, supports chip-on-board, etc. Pulsonix is probably more suitable for your requirements than Easy-PC. Why not download the demo and try it? Pulsonix will give you a 30 day full license on request, for a proper evaluation.

You might care to join the Pulsonix Users Group which I formed:

Leon

See my notes and links to some 60 ECAD programs at

Terry Pinnell Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK

Thanks for your inputs.

Being a one-man outfit, price is an important factor for me. I've been looking at EAGLE and Boardmaker3 which also seem to be in the next tier down from the expensive big-name tool suites.

Regards, Rog.

Eagle is very awkward to use, as it doesn't conform to Windows standards. Boardmaker was written by the person who wrote the original Easy-PC program, many years ago.

Leon

I bought EasyPC V8.0 some months ago and am finding the learning curve steeper than expected. The components database is also not very good.

I've downloaded the EasyPC demo and have played with it a bit. So far I've not found it very intuitive and yes, I also wondered how good the libraries were. I notice that extra libraries are available at extra charge but don't know what's in them.

I've discovered another package (Powerstation32 from ICAD Systems) which looks interesting although the cost is creeping up. They don't do a free evaluation version either so it looks like I'll have to buy the Lite version (admittedly only $50) to have a test of this one. One concern I have is the lack of a large user base with these less well-known tools. I still don't know which way to go. As usual, any comments are welcome.

Rog.

At first glance there are similarities between Easy-PC and Pulsonix. Having used both products I can say Pulsonix has a greater depth of features and subtlety of implementation. I haven't used Easy-PC for several years but it would certainly handle 8 layers, split power planes, copper pour, top & bottom component placement. As far as I know there's no high speed capability in Easy-PC.

I do some high speed work on Pulsonix and a techy there told me diff pairs and track length stuff is available as part of the new release coming out this summer.

Prescott

You can read out track length in EasyPC, though if there are vias, you'll have to add up the lengths on the different layers to get the total. I've used it for trace length control on PCI pcbs.

Paul Burke

Hi Roger..

I have used many PCB design systems from Easy-PC to Mentor over the years but prefer to design using Pulsonix. The systems functionality and options allow most design requirements to be met in a straight forward manner and their customer support is second to none that I have encountered. Pulsonix will provide all the functionality to produce any type of design and layout you require, I can say that as it has not let us or our customers down in meeting design requirements.

Steve Kearns Pro-R Limited

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