WinBoard 2.0 ($995; with WinDraft schematics, $1495) includes placement tools for x,y placement and Place File; enhanced editing, including the ability to edit net characteristics; select or exclude layers for routing and via placement; more than 400 new SMT footprints, including the complete IPC-SM-782 library; and improved memory management. With the Online Graphical Editor, you can create custom modules or edit existing modules on-line. WinBoard's Pad Stack Editor lets you create any number of user-definable pad shapes per layer, and Update Netlist lets you forward annotations from the schematic. A Module De-Compiler provides library source code, so you can make ASCII edits to the library files; the T-Tracks feature lets you move or drag adjoining track segments.
BYTE Digest editors every month analyze and evaluate the best articles from Information Week, EE Times, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Network Computing, Sys Admin,
and dozens of other CMP publications—bringing
you critical news and information about wireless communication,
computer security, software development, embedded systems,
and more!