hi, is there any (preferably free) software to convert relatively simple circuits to a stripboard layout? it would save a lot of drawing on graph paper. or is there a better alternative ? i occasionally have to knock up the odd small cicuits for whatever project needs it. hope this is not too basic a question.......thanks
circuit diagram to stripboard software
Jul 04, 2006
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Do you mean schematic to circuit board layout? If so, try Kicad or perhaps the free edition of Eagle.
(Google is your friend)
Cheers
PeteS
Hello Pete,
That would mean auto-placement onto a very limited layout pattern (vero strips). I really doubt that there is anything. Even auto-placement without any restrictions is rather iffy from what I have seen. You can obtain autoplacement routines for many CAD packages but most layouters do that completely by hand.
Regards, Joerg
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Roger Lascelles' freeware VCAD app for Vector boards (Veroboard):
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" snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@a14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Google for "StripBoard Magic" software.
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Jeff, I didn't find it that useful either. Just pointing to possible options. I'll have to give yours a try. Thanks. Ken
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Vutrax is free up to 256 pins (surely enough for Stripboard) and is available for both Windows and Linux.
For Stripboard (Veroboard) there is a supplementary Software Advice Note (SAN 206) obtainable from the support section of the web sites, that outlines methods available for handling these prototyping boards with or without schematic entry.
You can download the whole thing from
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Mail: news@vutrax666.co.uk
Yep, it's called Lochmaster...
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You can download a demo version here
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