PCB tools for Linux (was Whenceforth the Ubuntu fanboyz now?)

[Christopher Browne]

On 2/14/07, Kevin Cozens <kevin-4dS5u2o1hCn3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Christopher Friedt wrote:
> > I think what Kevin is talking about above is symbolic math facilities,
>
> I looked at some information on Math packages and it sounds like it may be
> the type of feature I would need that is similar to what I can get with TK
> Solver (http://www.uts.com/ItemDetails.asp?ItemID=0100-50-0010-00).
>
> One web page made a reference to two open source programs that have
> symbolic facilities. Of the two, the one that I will take a closer look at
> is called Maxima (http://maxima.sourceforge.net/). I'm not sure if it will
> do what I was able to do with the old version of TK Solver but its worth a
> look.

I suspect you'll find that Maxima can do a lot of things that TK
Solver couldn't.

TK Solver had some limited symbolic capabilities but was more intended
for root finding.  It's essentially an iterative solver of sets of
nonlinear equations.

In contrast, Maxima will be able to find exact analytical solutions to
many problems.

Another package possibly worth looking for is called "Mercury"; it,
like TK Solver, has limited symbolic capabilities, but is designed to
provide approximate numerical solutions.  It was once called "Borland
Eureka", but was released as share/abandon-ware.  Might be runnable
atop one of the DOS emulators...


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