Despite my preference for Windows, Mac OS X users will be happy to know that there is a version for them. I personally have run it on Windows 7-64 Pro without any issues. It is stated to have windows compatibility from Windows 2000 all the way through Windows 8. Let's see how it meets my outlined criteria.ĭipTrace offers full Windows compatibility, including having installers for both 32- and 64-bit systems. I have implemented a handful of projects using the DipTrace design package.

This limits me to 300 pins and two signal layers.

This free version can be extended under the 'non-profit lite license' to 500 pins, though still limited to only two layers (paid versions support more layers).įor the purposes of this review I have chosen to evaluate the basic, free version of the program. When using the free offering, you are limited to 300 pins and two layers. As mentioned in my earlier post, there were six features that I consider to be necessities as follows:ĭipTrace has a free offering for non-commercial use as well as several levels of paid versions intended for commercial purposes. This is the first installment of that effort - a review of DipTrace by Novarm. I also promised to share my experiences with each program as I used it. In my previous blog, A Guide to Low Cost PCB Tools, I listed a handful of free to low-cost PCB tool options along with a set of criteria of things that I felt were necessary to have a usable PCB tool that meets my needs. Label: PCB design, printed circuit board,PCB tool

Diptrace free version 300