Re: gEDA-user: Marketing gEDA - was - Re: Professional PCB help using geda?

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

PCB is very capable of building high frequency boards. For example Matt
Ettus (http://www.ettus.com) has developed a product which he describes
as "The Universal Software Radio Peripheral, or USRP, is device which
allows you to create a software radio using any computer with a USB 2
port. Various plug-on daughterboards allow the USRP to be used on
different radio frequency bands. Daughterboards are available from DC to
2.9 GHz at this time. The entire design of the USRP is open source."

Specifically see the part DC to 2.9GHz that is high speed in my book.

Matt developed this using the geda/pcb suite, from his faq "Are PCB
design files available with the boards that may aid in further prototyping?

Yes. All USRP schematics (gEDA and PDF), all daughterboard schematics
(gEDA and PDF), all daughterboard PCB design files, and daughterboard
electrical and mechanical specs are available. You can find them on the
download page."

Steve Meier




Andy Fong wrote:
> I think for gEDA to be adopted as a commercial product, someone must
> setup a company to charge
> people thousands of dollar for a yearly support contract so they can
> call anytime and talk to someone
> quick in order to get things resolved.
>
> But you guys have been telling me for a 10 layer board with high speed
> digital signals, gEDA (or rather PCB)
> is not ready yet. I want to believe the other way. What are missing if
> I don't need the fancy via's and buried stuffs?
>
> Andy
>
> On 9/6/07, *John Griessen* <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Duncan Drennan wrote:
>
>     > Real or not, I would reckon that there is a perceived risk in
>     adopting
>     > gEDA, even though in a lot of ways the risk is reduced (future
>     > support, openness, etc.) The more gEDA success stories there are
>     at a
>     > *commercial* level, the lower the perceived risk will be. In what
>     > other ways could the perceived risk be reduced?
>
>
>     I think writing tutorials well is one good way.  Another is stories
>     about successful uses, put up on the gEDA website just like product
>     offerers do.
>
>     Maybe gEDA CAN be a product.  Short of the developers
>     attending lots of public meetings in suits, that is... :-)
>
>     JG
>
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