I rearrange the layout if need be where tracks would cross or wire links would be needed. Using PAINT, I create a circuit, (no library), then I lay out the actual components on a piece of card to get an idea of the size of layout, then from that, drawing each component outline I create overlay of how the PCB will look, drawing tracks in grey to simulate an X-Ray view of the PCB. ![]() I'd really like to get to grips with it because to get PCBs made commercially, you must provide Gerber files and using the techniques I use, that isn't possible.Īt present, the steps I need to take are really quite tortuous. One used Sprint - the other KiCad, which both chums have recently learnt to master. Recently, two forum chums have gifted me PCBs made by JLCPCB which are very high quality - far beyond what could every be achieved by homebrew techniques, and ironically, much cheaper. I've never found PCB CAD programs very user friendly or amenable for homebrew production techniques because of course, that's not what they're intended for, which is the precision manufacture of PCBs in factory conditions using complex machinery and processes. ![]() ![]() ![]() I've become reasonably adept at using MS PAINT - a drawing program bundled with Widows, which MS are at some point going to drop. For many years, using UV techniques I've designed and made my own PCBs or adapted artwork for magazines.
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