On Sun, 2011-01-30 at 13:23 +0100, RubÃn GÃmez Antolà wrote: > I was asked this too some time ago, because, I view that tablets and > other devices (like e-readers with double screen) with > Android/Maemo/Meego are going to users, and is a opportunity for the > free world to "hit first". Perhaps I'm being short-sighted, but I don't see a great potential for serious EDA work on phone sized devices. Even if they get the screen-resolution high enough, the size is very small for design work, and the input problematic. For phones, I just about see the case for a schematic / PCB viewer where one could lookup or query a design whilst doing a field repair. For tablets - that is a much more interesting proposition.. given a big enough size, the possibility of a novel experience is high. User input is again a challenge though.. finger touch will likely not provide the fine-grained control our software currently needs to operate productively. A stylus input might be higher resolution.. If I had the spare cash (or someone was to send me one in the post ;), I would LOVE to work on getting PCB editing on A Wacom Cintiq: http://www.wacom.com/cintiq/cintiq-21ux.php Even then.. We don't know until we've tried it - whether it would liberate the PCB / schematic designer in the same way it would an artist. PCBs and schematics typically constrain to fairly ordered geometries, and perhaps the computer mouse is an input device better suited to that? That said - I'm fairly sure working with PCBs on a Cintiq would be awesome... send me one and we'll see ;) -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me)
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