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Title: Auto PCB Maker
Post by: airman00 on December 14, 2007, 05:31:36 AM
Is there an program out there which can automatically make a PCB design from a regular schematic which I made?
Title: Re: Auto PCB Maker
Post by: ed1380 on December 14, 2007, 06:51:28 AM
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Title: Re: Auto PCB Maker
Post by: Admin on December 14, 2007, 08:02:17 AM
'regular' schematic? :P

Just reproduce the schematic in Eagle (http://www.societyofrobots.com/electronics_Eagle3D_tutorial.shtml), and it can automatically make your PCB.
Title: Re: Auto PCB Maker
Post by: ed1380 on December 14, 2007, 11:52:38 AM
woa that eagle CAD looks cool.

i read teh guide and it looks like you need to know some programming. true?
Title: Re: Auto PCB Maker
Post by: airman00 on December 14, 2007, 11:55:41 AM
'regular' schematic? :P

Just reproduce the schematic in Eagle (http://www.societyofrobots.com/electronics_Eagle3D_tutorial.shtml), and it can automatically make your PCB.

You mean I can just make a schematic on Eagle, press a button and vola!  instant PCB design?
Title: Re: Auto PCB Maker
Post by: Admin on December 14, 2007, 12:12:13 PM
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You mean I can just make a schematic on Eagle, press a button and vola!  instant PCB design?
for simple circuits, yeap.

Eagle sometimes needs help figuring it out for more complex circuits. Eagle also doesn't account for current going through your traces, so I usually redo my power bus traces with thicker tracing.

It takes a little effort to figure out the non-intuitive interface, but its actually really easy to use.

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woa that eagle CAD looks cool.

i read teh guide and it looks like you need to know some programming. true?
My tutorial explains 90% of the coding you need to do, and I linked to another tutorial to explain the rest. Coding is only needed if you use a component that isn't already available for Eagle3D, or has a different name than in the library. There is a good chance you won't have to code . . .