7 Replies Latest reply on Feb 22, 2019 9:54 AM by Sparkylabs

Not feeling good about renewing...

mikeharpe Jan 28, 2019 8:49 AM

Altium has not updated CircuitStudio in months. The links to documentation on the Start screen now have broken nodes.

I get the impression that Altium has lost interest in the product.

Unless this changes substantially before my renewal in about six months, I will not be renewing the subscription.

Re: Not feeling good about renewing...

mc6800 Feb 7, 2019 10:20 AM (in response to mikeharpe)

The announcement for version 1.5, 8 months ago, stated:

"We’re happy to announce an update for CircuitStudio, CircuitStudio 1.5. Although this is not a major feature packed release -that's on its way- its still an important, and to be honest a much needed one. CircuitStudio is alive and still being developed. What this means is more regular updates, we even have planned another update to CircuitStudio by the end of this year."

The end of the year was about 5 weeks ago, so is the planned update anywhere near release? The Digi-Key bug is still not fixed, although as a plug-in I would imagine it should be possible to update it independently from the main software (even if that meant unloading and then reloading it).
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Re: Not feeling good about renewing...

adamwebber Feb 7, 2019 7:53 PM (in response to mikeharpe)

I'm still running v1.4 because the updates didn't fix the problems that I've been experiencing. It still works fine for what I need.
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  mc6800 Feb 15, 2019 4:59 AM (in response to adamwebber)
  
  There is a report on the EEVBlog CS forum of someone installing a new Beta version 1.5.2. My guess is that the only difference will be a fix for the Digi-Key issue, or possibly some of the other reported bugs.
  
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    Sparkylabs Feb 16, 2019 2:19 PM (in response to mc6800)
    
    and it was reported that, that update was removed.
    
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      mc6800 Feb 22, 2019 8:48 AM (in response to Sparkylabs)
      
      The 1.5.2 update was once again available, and this time completed installing. It seems to fix the issue with Digi-Key (once you remember to disable the old provider, and enable the new one), and also adds a number of other suppliers and currencies. I'm not sure if it has fixed or added anything else - I haven't noticed anything yet.
      
      The only other comment is that start up seems slightly slower than 1.5.1.
      
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        Sparkylabs Feb 22, 2019 9:54 AM (in response to mc6800)
        
        My CS does not report an update available but I don't have an up to date licence. If it's a small supplier thing update it's no interest to me.
        
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Sparkylabs Feb 16, 2019 2:22 PM (in response to mikeharpe)

i have not renewed in nearly a year. I just got in on the last so called update. I constantly ask about updates and never get a reply except for marketing for altium designer, apparently they think CS is a good advert for AD.
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