Linux/open-source program to open (OrCAD) schematics for BeagleBone?

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I'm trying to open BeagleBone's schematics for an OrCAD file in Linux, but EAGLE seems unable to do the job. What are some options?

Original Orcad ZIP file: http://beagleboard.org/static/beaglebone/a3/Docs/Hardware/BONE_SCH.zip

Which extracts to:

BEAGLEBONE_REV A3A.DSN

I tried opening it with Pulsonix, which can deal with many schematic and PCB file formats, but was unsuccessful. It's been saved as a binary file, it needs to be an ASCII file. — Leon Heller, Jun 19 '12 at 08:42
Do you want to be able to modify those schematics? If not, just open the [PDF schematics](http://beagleboard.org/static/beaglebone/a3/Docs/Hardware/BONE_SCH.pdf) — m.Alin, Jun 19 '12 at 09:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '12 at 00:30

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There is no open source program to edit OrCAD files. That is such a small niche and depends on a proprietary file format that I wouldn't expect one to ever exist.

answered Jul 13 '12 at 00:30

Brian Carlton

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 02 '13 at 13:05

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EEVblog suggested in 2012 that there were conversion tools in upverter, and DSN was on the list for future development.

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/open-source-kicad-geda/schematic-converter-project/

answered Oct 02 '13 at 13:05

Scott Seidman

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '12 at 11:50

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You can install Free VMware Player, thus create a virtual machine with Windows XP or any other version of Windows.

answered Jun 28 '12 at 11:50

Alfredo Alfredes

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That won't help, the problem is the binary file format. – Leon Heller Jun 28 '12 at 12:00
Thanks, I know this can work, and it still won't solve my problem. I am actually running windows host with a vm linux guest. – c2h2 Jun 29 '12 at 04:47

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 02 '13 at 04:58

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You can try installing ORCAD on Linux using Wine. Other available options are mentioned in this link i.e.

Kicad
gEDA
Cadsoft Eagle

edited Oct 02 '13 at 04:58

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answered Aug 03 '12 at 15:22

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Linux/open-source program to open (OrCAD) schematics for BeagleBone?

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