Hi all,

I'm just playing around with Eagle Lite this evening and cant seem to
get the thing to connect up components in certain circumstances. I get
a "this bit isn't a member of that bit" type of error message and the
program just refuses me to make the connection. Any ideas?

I believe I saw an error of that sort, if I tried to create a
connection between an individual link, and a multi-signal bus. You
can only do this if the thing you're trying to hook up, has a name
which matches the name of an element of the bus.

Secondly, I see that Autorouter is disabled in the Lite version. Does
that mean that the main benefit of using layout software is denied
me?! I mean, I can spend a few hours making up my own component
footprints in any old drawing program and position them as I wish.
What use is Eagle Lite in that case? Or is there something I haven't
grasped yet?

Hmmm. On the version of Eagle Lite Freeware (Linux) that I have on my
laptop, the autorouter works just fine.

I started with a small battery float-charger schematic I had sitting
around, did a "switch to board", let the program throw the components
down off-board in random locations, dragged the components to the
board and then rotated them to minimize the amount of
signal-connection crossing. I then used "Tools/Auto", approved all of
the defaults, and it routed the whole board in about ten seconds.

You _did_ create both a schematic, and a board layout, as part of the
same design? All of the components fit within the outlines of the
largest board that the Lite version will create?

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