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circuit diagram to stripboard software

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
 
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

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
 
not quite what i had in mind, ...direct conversion of a circuit layout
to veroboard (stripboard) is what i meant, but thanks for the quick
reply
 
J

Joerg

Jan 1, 1970
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Hello Pete,

not quite what i had in mind, ...direct conversion of a circuit layout
to veroboard (stripboard) is what i meant, but thanks for the quick
reply


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.
 
K

Ken Moffett

Jan 1, 1970
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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

Google for "StripBoard Magic" software.
 
R

Roy Battell

Jan 1, 1970
0
Ken Moffett said:
Jeff,
I didn't find it that useful either. Just pointing to possible options.
I'll have to give yours a try. Thanks.
Ken

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

http://www.vutrax.co.uk (Main UK site)
http://www.bnellis.com/vutrax (Central Europe Mirror)
 
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Ross Herbert

Jan 1, 1970
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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


Yep, it's called Lochmaster...
http://www.virtualworkbench.com/lochmaster.html

You can download a demo version here
http://www.coolcircuit.com/software/lochmaster_3_0.html
 
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