CadSoft EAGLE
Easy
Applicable
Graphical
Layout
Editor
History
CadSoft was established in the late 80’s by 2 engineers in Germany.
- The idea was to create an affordable Schematic and PCB editor solution program
that would offer an intuitive interface and be used in almost any electronic designs.
- Offer a full featured version of the program free, and include free technical
support.
After 20 years of development EAGLE:
- has been awarded ‘Product of the year’ six times in a leading German electronics
magazine “ ELEKTRONIK”
- is used in almost all educational institutions in the US and Germany
- is used by many military, governmental and subcontract agencies
- is used in the private sector by important companies
CadSoft today
Headquarter in Pleiskirchen / Germany (90 km from Munich)
Sales & Support office in Florida
Resellers in several countries around the world
Development located in Germany
Premier Farnell acquired CadSoft in September 2009
Integrated into element 14
Who is EAGLE for?
• Professional Design engineers that need a powerful
and easy to use interface PCB tool
• Research and development departments of large and medium
size companies
• Startup Companies that need quick turn around results
• Design teams on a budget that need to develop custom
hardware
• Electronic hobbyists
• Educational Institutions
• Anyone who needs to design their own circuits
Eagle supports
designing by:
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Easy and intuitive usage
On-line support
Manual and automatic boards design process
Support for product searching and purchasing
(via DesignLink)
• Generating part list (BOM)
Products
EAGLE Product Offering thru Elemet-14
EAGLE, like all CAD software is sold by a “seat” license.
One “seat” means the customer bought a license where he can only load the
software onto one computer.
EAGLE comes in 3 editions:
1.FREEMIUM
2.STANDARD
3.PROFESSIONAL
Within those editions are 3 Modules:
1. SCHEMATIC EDITOR
2. LAYOUT EDITOR
3. AUTOROUTER
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Price Comparison
EAGLE Professional Full Featured single user license is less than
€1.499 with no maintenance fee.
Upgrades are a fraction of the initial investment and are optional.
Altium Designer cost € 4.995 and maintenance is €1.500/year, if the program
hasn’t been maintained upgrade is € 2.500
Zuken Cadstar cost € 4.995 and maintenance is €1.500/year
So why pay more for features you’re not going to use?
For the annual maintenance fee customers pay to Zuken, Mentor, Magna or
Altium, they can easily buy a EAGLE Professional license.
Farnell offers 50% discount for Universities !!!
Schematic Editor
Layout Editor
Product development cycle
Design
Printed Circuit
Components
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Board (PCB)
Schematic
PCB layout
Routing
Simulation
Complete
Assembly
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Testing
Product
Board
Assembly
DesignLink
Helps to gather information about products:
- Manufacturer
- Manufacturer code
- Availability
- Price
- Description
- Data sheet
Autorouter
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Helps engineer to correctly route the paths
on the board
Uses method Ripup/ Retry – when there is
no more further path lay down possibility –
disconnecting existing one
Change between manual and automatic
routing at any time
Fully integrated with basic program
3D visualization
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Recommended free application POVRay
project can be seen in 3D
www.povray.org/download
Companies Using EAGLE
Microchip • Many branches of the US Military • National Semiconductor
• BMW • Mercedes-Benz • Siemens • Nokia • John Hopkins University •
• MIT • Harvard • University of Alabama • Panasonic • JPL • Texas Instruments
• NASA • Lockheed Martin • Boeing • Sony • Keithly Instruments • United
Estates EPA • Google • Sandia National Labs • Gorman Controls • NOAA
Future of Eagle
• Full DesignLink integration ( year 2011)
• Simulation as integrated tool
• Focus on more application availability in
basic package
• Keep the low price attribute
• On and off –line support
• Next major release – Eagle 5.11
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EAGLE on element14
• Freemium download
• Latest Feature Products
• Ask expert (Richard Hammerl)
• Discussions
• Documents
• Blog
• Events / online Webinairs, trainings …/
EAGLE Training Materials
TechCast EAGLE online Audio Training
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