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PCB Express
PCB layout software previously available has largely fallen into two groups. The software in first group is typically priced under $500. Reviewing these packages, one generally finds Windows applications converted from, or inspired by DOS based user interfaces. It's clear that the majority of these programs are developed ignoring the past 10 years of user interface design. Another common problem in this group is buggy code.
PCB Express
PCB layout software previously available has largely fallen into two groups. The software in first group is typically priced under $500. Reviewing these packages, one generally finds Windows applications converted from, or inspired by DOS based user interfaces. It's clear that the majority of these programs are developed ignoring the past 10 years of user interface design. Another common problem in this group is buggy code.
The packages in the second group are the professional versions, typically priced in the thousands of dollars. These have two problems for the casual user, price and complexity. Obviously, amortizing $3000 over a few projects is not practical for the hobbyist, grad student, or small business. The professional systems also have a big learning curve. On one hand they have many sophisticated features; on the other hand they make doing simple jobs unnecessarily difficult.
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