[hpsdr] Hermes update

[Rob Frohne]

Hi Kevin,

Recently I did a bit of googling to determine what the best design 
package was on Linux, and I thought it would be Eagle, but I found a lot 
of posts that said Kicad was the one to beat.  I had tried it a while 
back, and it was OK, but the lack of library parts bothered me.  That 
seems to have changed.  There is a script to convert parts from Eagle to 
Kicad now, and a newer tutorial helped me better than the previous one.

http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Mini_tutorial

It appears that Kicad is mature enough now.  I think we should be 
looking at using open source tools as much as possible, in addition to 
making our hardware designs open source.

At school, we are seriously considering leaving Mentor Graphics suite 
and going to Kicad, even though we only pay a maintenance fee for the 
Mentor Software due to being an educational institution.

Just my thoughts!  Keep up the good work!

73,

Rob, KL7NA

Kevin Wheatley wrote:
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> Hi All
>
> Slow progress but Hermes is still alive! Current status:
> Scotty has made a start on the schematics, unfortunately due to health 
> issues and work commitments, he is unavailable to continue - well not 
> in the short term. I now have a choice to make, finish the schematics 
> Scotty has started (if available) within Orcad (an unfamiliar CAD 
> package, or start from fresh using Eagle (I'm comfortable in this 
> environment), I must confess, right at this moment the Eagle route is 
> personally more favorable. Within the next few days I'll make the 
> decision and progress on the project will resume.
> Either way a set of schematics will be soon be available for comment.
>
> 73's
> Kevin - M0KHZ
>
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