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| TheBFG |
Posted - 27 Apr 2011 : 15:02:22
I can see 4 options for autorouting:-
Easy-Router
Pro Router
Specctra Router
Trace Router
I have licenses for Easy-Router and Trace Router.
What are the differences between these routers and which is best? |
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| Iain Wilkie |
Posted - 28 Apr 2011 : 15:22:39
Pro Router is excellent .... but it costs !! .... I think its a badge-engineered Spectra.
Iain
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| johnt |
Posted - 28 Apr 2011 : 12:55:40
Routers bug me. I admit it. When I went looking for a PCB package
last year the first thing I looked for was good router options. Unfortunately
no one anywhere seems to have done any comparisons. At least I couldn't
find any.
I have the EPC router.
I'm not a slave to routers but some are significantly better than others.
This one is adequate for my current use and I use it by letting it
run a few times - fiddling with the results each time and then manually
changing things that either don't work or I don't like.
Simply rotating a component or aligning it within or across an area that didn't
route last time can make a big difference to results.
It isn't a patch on some I found but I dont need better right now - but I'm on the edge.
I think it's a tool like any other but totally indispensable when working with
complex boards. And it's suprising how fast a board can get complex.
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| TheBFG |
Posted - 28 Apr 2011 : 08:04:59
Thanks Iain. So I don't have either of the "good" ones.
I'm not a fan of autorouters, but sometimes when things get tight I will let the autorouter add one trace, just to see if it is possible to route it at all. |
| Iain Wilkie |
Posted - 27 Apr 2011 : 17:46:32
Easy Router was the original router supplied as part of the EasyPC installation .... and was not very good. I believe that Trace Router is its replacement and meant to be better. However none of these will be anything compared to Prorouter or Spectra.
However ... a word of warning .... be careful letting a router loose on your layout, best to manually route always.
Iain
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