From: kraken.sankey@gmail.com   
      
   On 21/01/2026 23:23, Don Y wrote:   
   > On 1/21/2026 3:55 PM, TTman wrote:   
   >> The converter won't work for me as I want to make new designs. All of   
   >> the 'free' EDA packages I've looked at are way too complex for my old   
   >> brain..   
   >   
   > How complex do you imagine those designs to be?  I.e., the harder   
   > you push the tools, the better the tools you will need.   
   >   
   > The opposite also being true:  simpler tools for less stressed use.   
      
   A few simple designs ATM... 2x 7 seg LEDs ( 3 sizes) 14 x sm leds.   
   Doesn't get much simpler than that. If I wanted to be a cheap skate, I'd   
   just lay out the PCB without a schematic, but that's piss poor doing it   
   that way. It has to be schematic, netlist,pcb.   
      
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