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: 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)

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. Products

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 € and maintenance is €1.500/year, if the program hasn’t been maintained upgrade is € Zuken Cadstar cost € 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 Board (PCB) Product Components Complete Assembly Testing Board Assembly Schematic PCB layout Routing Simulation + +

DesignLink Helps to gather information about products: - Manufacturer - Manufacturer code - Availability - Price - Description - Data sheet

Autorouter 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 Recommended free application POVRay project can be seen in 3D

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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