Hello, world!
by eric.agan on Dec.06, 2009, under eiCAD
Hi everyone! Thanks for visiting.
This is the blog of me, trying to start a company called Elegant Invention. There’s nothing on the main site yet, but when there is I will be sure to mention it here.
To keep things brief, I’m an electrical engineer and software developer. A few years ago, while using CadSoft EAGLE regularly, I realized it’s lacking quite a bit of advanced features that other ECAD programs offer. Things like high-speed design aids, semi-automatic routing (which they have since added!), etc. These may not be a big deal for the hobbyist, and they’re certainly not necessary , but they make life easier. Nothing personal, EAGLE, you’re my favorite ECAD solution.
The exorbitant pricing of more action-packed ECAD solutions like Altium or OrCAD led me to the idea of writing my own electronics design suite. Crazy! But I’m not smart enough to say no to a challenge like that. Already knee-deep in code, I have no intention of turning back. I’ve decided to start this company hoping that the end result of this project will be useful to others, particular those with money.
The name of my design suite is eiCAD, and I began development some months ago. Once the bulk of the back-end code was done I started in with the graphics, screenshots of which can be found in this flickr set. A friend of mine recently suggested that I blag about all this nonsense, so here it is! Future posts will be terse.
Direct all suggestions, questions, comments, etc. to:
eicad [at] elegantinvention [dot] com
Or for personal messages such as death threats, contact me at:
eric [at] elegantinvention [dot] com
