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What open source architecture design tool do you recommend?

Jairo
Jairo over 3 years ago

Hi, could you recommend me an open source to design my embedded system project architecture?, actually I use diagrams.net to create my block diagrams but maybe there is a more professional tool, thanks

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  • phoenixcomm
    phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz +2 suggested
    /members/shabaz /members/scottiebabe I think you should both look at Flameshot (Linux) which works like Snagit (MS). see look at the Linux alternative.
  • phoenixcomm
    phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz +2
    my lord, I used to use two UltraSPARC 2 for my ISP one was the web server the other was the mail server, and I used a SPARC lunchbox to run Tic and Toc for my NTPd server. Take a look at the clock on top…
  • dougw
    dougw over 3 years ago +1
    Diagrams.net looks pretty reasonable. I just use Libre Office presentation tools. I try to keep the block diagrams simple and high level.
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    0 phoenixcomm over 3 years ago

    First, my software IDE is eclipse IDE. I have separate installs for C, Java, snd others

    Second, for simple diagrams, I use DIA

    Third, for my schematics, I rely on KiCAD.

    Fourth, I have been trying to get my head around Papyrus using sysML (from the folks at eclipse) for system flows.

    Fifth, for programming I really like C (GCC) (not C++) and Java (community)

    Sixth,  I use LibreOffice Writer for much of my documentation, but It gets published in Correl Ventura ( I have more control).

    AND Lastly, anything from MS is suspect and just trash and NOT OPEN SOURCE!!!

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    0 scottiebabe over 3 years ago in reply to phoenixcomm

    lol I wish MS would fix this:

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    https://office-watch.com/2022/make-lines-arrows-straight-word-bug-fix/ 

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    0 scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to phoenixcomm

    Install Linux on Windows with WSL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install and get the best of both!!! Heart eyes lol

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    0 scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

    Is there a big difference between word and powerpoint for diagrams? Is it that in powerpoint everything defaults to anchoring to position versus text?

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    Neat tool, snagit, I will take a look. The snipit to in windows has been a game changer for me. WinKey+Shift+S.  But, if I want to annotate it, then I have to paste it into another program like paint. The annotation tools in the win snippit are lousy.

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    0 phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

    never, never, never happen. MS has NO great software!  I only have MS on one machine and it normally runs Linux. I use it for some ee tools that run under MS :( and I use Correl Ventura:) which I find has more control over the context than Libre Writer. 

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    0 phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

    /members/shabaz /members/scottiebabe I think you should both look at Flameshot (Linux) which works like Snagit (MS). see look at the Linux alternative. 

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    0 shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

    Hi!

    Word is missing a few drawing features, for instance, it's not possible to union/subtract shapes (as far as I'm aware). Also I'm not sure about the export capabilities. With PowerPoint, with a registry edit, it can do very high DPI for diagrams to place into a blog.

    The Windows snipping tool is good, although it has a subset of Snagit features. Snagit has a mix of these features: screenshotting and reviewing (timestamped and stored forever), screen/sound/mic recording, animated GIFs, annotation, image editing, creating transparent PNGs. Pretty much all of these features are executed well. I sometimes annotate directly within Snagit, or alternatively clean up an image (e.g. make the outside transparent) and bring it into PowerPoint and annotate there.

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    0 shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to phoenixcomm

    Hi Cris,

    Thanks for the link, Flameshot looks great!

    It seems Libre Offiice + Flameshot will be a similar set of functionality to PowerPoint + Snagit.

    My normal work method is on a laptop with Windows, and SSH into a box permanently running Linux virtual machine (on ESXi), but I may set up a Linux Desktop at some point on a dedicated machine (which I still need to obtain). When I was a proper developer, I had a separate UNIX machine (nice UltraSPARC box) with a separate monitor and keyboard for all work, and a Windows laptop next to it for the emails/docs stuff and so on, and liked that combination.

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    0 phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

    my lord, I used to use two UltraSPARC 2 for my ISP one was the web server the other was the mail server, and I used a SPARC lunchbox to run Tic and Toc for my NTPd server.  Take a look at the clock on top of the disk box. imageoh for more jollies I tossed in a photo of our Cisco 7000switch and some RMON probes:imageimage

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    0 phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

    No I never mix OS the way I currently use Dual boot, but If I decide to reinstall I would most likely put it in a "CONTAINER"

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    0 shabaz over 2 years ago in reply to phoenixcomm

    Nice machines! The clock will now be a very rare item : ) 

    I think I only have a Sun Blade 2000 left (got rid of my older machines) but I have not powered that up for so long I have no idea if it will work : ) I don't have a Sun monitor any more (fantastic screens, poor power supplies on the model I used).

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    0 phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

    tell me about the clock in one of my moves it got wiped out!! :((

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    0 phoenixcomm over 2 years ago in reply to shabaz

    tell me about the clock in one of my moves it got wiped out!! :((

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