en-US/CircuitDesign.xml en-US/Release_Notes.xml

[John J. McDonough]

 en-US/CircuitDesign.xml |   63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 en-US/Release_Notes.xml |    4 +--
 2 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit d9cabb5f1a5a79fee6aac9a76c44fb4f863ca495
Author: John J. McDonough <jjmcd at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Mon Apr 26 10:09:11 2010 -0400

    Some updates to circuit design, remove FEL (no updates)

diff --git a/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml b/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml
index 65d5fdb..26787d4 100644
--- a/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml
+++ b/en-US/CircuitDesign.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,68 @@
     Fedora&nbsp;&PRODVER; includes a complete set of applications for
     schematic capture, circuit simulation, and PCB layout.  The
     following are major changes to these applications.  A complete
-    list of changes may be found at the end of this document.
+    list of changes may be found in the <citetitle>Technical
+    Notes</citetitle> available at <ulink type="http"
+    url="http://docs.fedoraproject.org" />.
   </para>
-  
+
+  <section>
+    <title>ngspice</title>
+    <indexterm><primary>ngspice</primary></indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>tclspice</primary></indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>AC Analysis</primary></indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>DC Analysis</primary></indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>BSIM4</primary></indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>B</primary></indexterm>
+    <para>
+      <package>ngspice</package> and <package>tclspice</package> have
+      been upgraded to Release 20.  New features include
+      <command>.measure</command> command for transient, ac and dc
+      analyses (still not complete, e.g. <command>DERIV</command> is
+      missing). Improved device support incudes an updated BISM4 model
+      to revision 4.6.5. Added PWL (PieceWise Linear) functionality
+      for <application>B</application> (arbitrary generator) sources.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>pcb</title>
+    <indexterm><primary>pcb</primary></indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>Printed Circuit Layout</primary></indexterm>
+    <para>
+      Fedora 13 includes version 0.20091103 of <package>pcb</package>.
+      There are a number of new features including the ability to add
+      attributes to layers, to add filters through the load file
+      chooser dialog, allowing quoted and escaped strings, and many
+      new footprints.  For a complete list of new features, footprints
+      and bug fixes, refer to the news file at <ulink type="http"
+      url="http://pcb.gpleda.org/news.html#20091103" />.
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Dia</title>
+    <indexterm><primary>Dia</primary>
+      <secondary>dia-CMOS</secondary>
+    </indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>Dia</primary>
+      <secondary>dia-Digital</secondary>
+    </indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>Dia</primary>
+      <secondary>dia-electric2</secondary>
+    </indexterm>
+    <indexterm><primary>Dia</primary>
+      <secondary>dia-electronic</secondary>
+    </indexterm>
+    <para>
+      A number of digital and electronic symbols have been added to
+      the drawing packag, <package>dia</package>.  New packages
+      include <package>dia-CMOS</package>,
+      <package>dia-Digital</package>, <package>dia-electric2</package>
+      and <package>dia-electronic</package>
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
 </section>
 
 
diff --git a/en-US/Release_Notes.xml b/en-US/Release_Notes.xml
index 8a4660d..fcb8216 100644
--- a/en-US/Release_Notes.xml
+++ b/en-US/Release_Notes.xml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
 	<section id="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_in_Fedora_for_Specific_Audiences">
 		<title>Changes in Fedora for Specific Audiences</title>
 		<xi:include href="ScientificTechnical.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"></xi:include>
-		<xi:include href="ElectronicDesignAssistants.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"></xi:include>
-		<!-- <xi:include href="CircuitDesign.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"></xi:include> -->
+		<!-- <xi:include href="ElectronicDesignAssistants.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"></xi:include> -->
+		<xi:include href="CircuitDesign.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"></xi:include>
 		<xi:include href="Devel-Embedded.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"></xi:include>
 		<xi:include href="AmateurRadio.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"></xi:include>
 	</section>