Easy PC for Windows

Overview

Number One Systems' commitment to the future

Easy-PC offers truly astounding price/performance in PCB design, a professional level layout product available at computer store prices! Easy-PC for Windows brings you features normally found in the world's most expensive PCB design systems.

Easy-PC for Windows comes complete with schematic capture fully integrated with PCB layout, using a true connective database - not a net-list transfer as with some systems.

 

Features

World-beating value

Delivering performance in Schematic Capture, Mixed-Mode Spice Simulation and PCB Layout, normally associated with products at ten or even twenty times the price, Easy-PC rightly deserves the accolade "World-beating".

Professional software at an affordable price

Easy-PC for Windows has been created by a team of software professionals with some 150 man years experience in development of leading-edge Electronic Design Automation solutions. The team has rewritten the rule book for EDA tools designed for low to high complexity PCB layouts. Easy-PC is packed with timesaving features to make the task of PCB design and layout so much quicker and more pleasureable.

Simple to learn and understand, yet packed with powerful features

Easy-PC was designed to be quite simple to learn so that you, the customer, are productive within a few hours of practice with the product. Frequently, new customers report they are producing their first board within a few days - or even hours - of installing the software - it really is that simple and intuitive!

Connective Datastructure

With a truly connective datastructure, Easy-PC is electrically correct at all times. Electrical integrity is maintained throughout the design process, from Schematic to PCB design editors, your design is always in-sync. Forward and backward annotation ensures there are no human errors introduced at any stage.

 

Add-ons

Libraries

Easy-PC is provided with component libraries and symbols plus graphical tools to create them, but when time is a factor, you can also purchase ready-made libraries from Number One Systems. Three libraries are available:

  • Microcontroller library - Over 1,500 popular micro controller components.
  • Pro-library - Over 14,500 popular components with associated Schematic symbols and PCB footprints.
  • IPC SM library - Over 1250 components and PCB footprints created to the IPC Council's SM standard.

Gerber Import

Two levels of Gerber import are available: Intelligent Gerber Import to rebuild your designs from Gerber files and a Gerber viewer for simply reading and viewing Gerber files before manufacture.

Autorouters

Two levels of autorouter are available for Easy-PC; Easy-Router is supplied as an entry-level autorouter with Easy-PC and will handle basic designs. The Pro-Router is a sophisticated, high performance router which will handle dense, multi-layer fine line designs.

Specctra Router Export

If you already own the Specctra autorouter, interface to it using the DSN Export and Import Interface. Export your design in DSN format and run Specctra, route it and return the routed results in SES format back into Easy-PC. This interface is integrated and seamless, making life easier for you and allowing you to make best use of your existing investment.

 

Specifications

Key Features

  • Fully integrated Schematic Capture and PCB Layout
  • True 32-bit Windows application
  • True connective data model
  • High-resolution (1m square design area, 1/10th degree angular rotation, 10 micron resolution)
  • Unlimited elements per design*
  • Technology files for rapid design setup
  • Multi-level Undo and Redo
  • Comprehensive 350-page printed Users Guide
  • Library editing tools including library creation Wizards
  • Library databook auto-generates datasheets
  • Preview bar with birds-eye view and component 'bin'
  • Fast-find of components, nets and errors
  • Selective and cyclic picking
  • Fast switch of colour settings
  • Unlimited custom colours
  • TrueType font support
  • Customisable toolbars, menus and shortcut keys
  • Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate of all design data
  • Bi-directional cross-probe selection
  • Manual 'sketch' routing mode
  • 'Align' items feature
  • Groups
  • Input and output to bitmap
  • Export to Metafile
  • Component Values editor
  • User defined grids, optionally with different X and Y step
  • User configurable bill of materials output
  • Single-button-press plotting to Windows, Gerber, HP-GL and Excellon
  • Step-and-repeat plotting
  • DXF import and export
  • Design Calculators
  • Design Revision Analyser
  • Shape editing panel
  • Merge shapes
  • Dotted and dashed line styles
  • Auto-numbered sequential backup files

Key Schematic Features

  • Bus definitions
  • Multi-sheet design
  • Colour by net
  • Automatically update PCB with Schematic design changes
  • Optional integrated Spice simulator
  • Reverse Engineer creates Schematic from PCB
  • Design Rules Checking

Key PCB Layout Features

  • Integrated component Auto-place
  • Integrated Auto-routers : Pro-Router
  • Shape-based copper pour
  • Full, split and partial power planes
  • 3D visualisation of board
  • Automatic track smoothing mode
  • Automatic track mitring mode
  • Star/Delta points
  • Apply Layout Pattern
  • Back annotate name changes to Schematic
  • Automatic component rename
  • Supports SMT, PTH and mixed technology, and components on both sides of board
  • Unlimited layers and user-defined layer types
  • Fast switch of layer visibility
  • Net and via optimiser
  • On-line and batch design rule checking
  • ODB++ manufacturing output
  • Dimensioning

* Total pin count is limited only in pin-limited variants of the product