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The EAGLE is a powerful yet easy-to-use Layout Editor designed specifically for creating printed circuit boards (PCBs).

Here are some key features of "EAGLE Light":

· online Forward- and Back-Annotation
· context sensitive help function
· no hardware copy protection!
· multiple windows for board, schematic and library
· powerful User Language
· integrated text editor
· available for Windows, Linux and Mac
Layout Editor:
· maximum drawing area 1.6 x 1.6m (64 x 64 inch)
· resolution 1/10,000mm (0.1 micron)
· up to 16 signal layers
· conventional and SMT parts
· comes with a full set of part libraries
· easily create your own parts with the fully integrated library editor
· undo/redo function for ANY editing command, to any depth
· script files for batch command execution
· copper pouring
· cut and paste function for copying entire sections of a drawing
· design rule check
· interactive Follow-me Router (requires the Autorouter module)
Schematic Editor:
· up to 999 sheets in one schematic
· electrical rule check
· gate and pinswap
· create a board from a schematic with a single command
Autorouter:
· ripup&retry router
· up to 16 signal layers
· routing strategy driven by user definable cost factors
CAM Processor:
· Postscript
· pen plotters
· Gerber plotters
· Excellon and Sieb&Meyer drill files
· configurable through ASCII file for easy definition of your own output devices