Version 1.1.24
OsmondCocoa was designed using the latest Cocoa application framework. Although the User Interface is modern, the algorithms and methodology are based on a legacy of design going back over a decade. This is a Universal Binary for both Intel and PowerPC machines running MacOS X 10.5 or later.
This is a free download. The program is fully functional and allows you to design boards up to 700 pins without restriction. If your design has over 700 pins, you will need to purchase a license to print, or to output Gerber files, or to output Postscript files. Licenses are available at the Purchase page.
Other Tools
Robert Rau has written three tools for Osmond which you can find here.
Device Placer, pre-locate up to 4 concentric rings of devices.
Slider Writer, foot print generator for capacitive sliders and buttons.
FPGA to Osmond, generates DesignWorks and Osmond library elements from a Xilinx partgen file.
Robert also has a new Osmond PCB web page containing very nice Lua script examples.
Roderick Mann writes: "Osmond Part Maker is a little Java command line utility I wrote to help me build certain kinds of parts for Osmond. This version only knows how to build a few QFP and TQFP packages from 32 to 128 pins." Find it here.
Graham Hinton has provided two DesignWorks forms that produce Osmond compatible Part List and Net List information from a DesignWorks design. The first is for flat designs and the second is for heirarchic designs. A modified version of the second script, provided by Don Heavener, is available here.
Gareth Conner has written some tools for Vectorworks (the CAD package) to add schematic capture capability and export NetList and PartList files to Osmond PCB. These are available here.
For those familiar with Python, I have developed a Python program called gerber2pdf that converts Gerber files to PDF so they can be viewed and printed easily with the Acrobat viewer.
