VDA layout

May 29, 2005 5 Replies

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Cynabar 21 years ago

Greeting all, I would like to know if anyone has any info on a video distribution amplifier, such as the PCB layout or overlay? I have one from Elektor, but am looking for another.

This is to assist me in the understanding and drawing the things in AutoCAD.

Thanks for your time

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Ban 21 years ago

I found the OPA692 an exellent IC to drive many video outputs(10) simultaneously.

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You do not write how many outputs you want, what supply is available and what kind of assemby you use (through hole, SMD, wave, reflow). All require a different layout. Autocad is not good for layouts, it cannot make the required processing to produce Gerber files. It also cannot link to a schematic or netlist and doesn't have any suitable libraries. I recommend Eagle(cadsoft) which is free for the size of board you will need.

ciao Ban Bordighera, Italy

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Rich Grise 21 years ago

Thanks, Ban. I was simply going to say, "Whoever talked you into trying to do electronics with AutoCAD is insane." But I did look, and it looks like they're trying to do it - but heck, for the schematics you could do with AutoCAD, you might as well use PC Paint. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

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stratus46 21 years ago

You may find this helpful.

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John Fields 21 years ago

Winky noted, but, hardly. Everything I post which is non-ASCII goes through ACAD on its way to .pdf, and I doubt whether you could get the same results with Paint.

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Cynabar 21 years ago

Thanks everyone who repied,

It is worth noting that there are blocks in ACAD for different applications, but i would be easily convinced that there are easier design programs to use. But that is how i had to display the unit. I did not provide enough information about what i wanted, but thanks again for your time

Cheers Cynabar

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