David is doing the PropBOE schematic and recommended DipTrace again. Now Im being more careful and Im trying to make sure that we develop all educational material for Windows, Mac and Linux up front.ĭipTrace conversations in Parallax came back to the table when Education Department generated the PropBOE specs (from the forum link above). Our development was Windows friendly and it was very hard and sometimes impossible to add Mac/Linux support after the material was developed in Windows.
In the past we made some decisions that limited the access of our material to schools with other platforms than Windows OS. For example, they didnt have a Mac version. I followed up with internet research and also sat during a class taught by Gadget Gangster (Nick) during the Unofficial Propeller Expo in Rocklin, CA (UPEW).Īt the time I checked DipTrace and it didnt meet all the requirements we had for software. There was time and energy spent in developing EAGLE skills to serve the customer needs.Īround June 2010, one of the members of the Parallax Rocklin Engineering team (David Carrier) recommended DipTrace to me, as a better platform than EAGLE. I always believed that efficient design happens only with all the engineers using the same tool so I couldnt accommodate personal preferences. Since my decision was customer driven, I pushed EAGLE down their throats and got all of them trained in using EAGLE with tutorials, books and simple projects. Our Chinese engineers didnt like EAGLE that much at first and they found it difficult to use and with limited capabilities compared with other professional software they had experience with (Protel or PADs). Hobbyists were using EAGLE in their projects as well as teachers and students in their classrooms. It was the most popular program at the time and it met all the requirements we had set for Schematic capture and PCB design. In my departments and for many reasons including customer interest, software features and license price, I had to go with EAGLE. I know that employees in that department also have used EAGLE, DipTrace and PCBExpress in some smaller projects.
Parallax Field Application Engineers need to communicate with engineers from other companies that are also using similar software platforms. In that post I was not talking about Parallax US Engineering department since they develop more complex and advanced projects and they mostly use more professional software, as Protel, PADs and now Altium. As I mentioned before ( ) a couple of years ago I settled on using EAGLE for all my engineers in Parallax Hong Kong and Parallax US Education Department.
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