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  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 5 years ago +5
    @Christopher - you really should add an "other" option to this pole. There are dozens of PCB CAD systems - and Altium make 2 ! I use EasyPC - cheap, simple and reliable - in 17 or 18 years an upgrade has…
  • colporteur
    colporteur over 5 years ago +4
    Sorry where is Frtizing? Eagle was my preferred choice but subscriptions are only supported in MS Windows.
  • baldengineer
    baldengineer over 5 years ago +4
    Many years ago, I was an EAGLE user. I transitioned to KiCad about 5 years ago. At this stage, I would like to understand the reasons and benefits to consider moving to Altium. The reason I'm considering…
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  • baldengineer
    baldengineer over 5 years ago

    Many years ago, I was an EAGLE user. I transitioned to KiCad about 5 years ago. At this stage, I would like to understand the reasons and benefits to consider moving to Altium.

     

    The reason I'm considering a change is because I have a need for high-speed digital (>5Gb/s) and RF board designs.

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  • baldengineer
    baldengineer over 5 years ago

    Many years ago, I was an EAGLE user. I transitioned to KiCad about 5 years ago. At this stage, I would like to understand the reasons and benefits to consider moving to Altium.

     

    The reason I'm considering a change is because I have a need for high-speed digital (>5Gb/s) and RF board designs.

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  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 5 years ago in reply to baldengineer

    Compare with PADs and Orcad before you make a decision - both offer all the high end features but without out the Altium "strangeness".

     

    There are others - CADSTAR for one .

     

    (These suggestions are NOT recommendations  - you have to own a PCB CAD system to know it !)

     

    Are you sure that Kicad won't cut the mustard - I see some quite advanced work done with it:

     

    https://kicad-pcb.org/made-with-kicad/page/3/

     

    If you want to do serious high speed digital or fancy RF (for example, check out Dave Jones' teardown of Chinese spectrum analysers) then AFAIK none of the above will get you there - and it'll be time to sell the house and buy Xpedition Enterprise.

     

    MK

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