Hi John, Thank you for the advice on the conversion process.
I created this post after attempting to convert the .brd file available on the official BeagleBoard wiki using Altium, Ltd's instructions on how to do so (see here <http://techdocs.altium.com/display/ADOH/Moving+to+Altium+Designer+from+Cadence+Allegro+PCB+Editor>, I am using AD16). Converting to ASCII (.alg) is not possible because I do not have Cadence Allegro (the Altium, Ltd-supplied batch file appears to use Allegro to open "file.brd", and then save it as "file.alg"). BeagleBoard does not seem to supply the design files in this format. I have yet to find the files in ASCII format at this point. -James On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 4:02:26 PM UTC-5, john3909 wrote: > > Converting Orcad/Allegro files to Altium is pretty easy if you can get the > Allegro files in ascii format. There are several issues you have to clean > up, especially the copper pour areas which I advise to delete and just > recreate these areas. Some of the components included some artifacts which > need fixing. The universal database that links Schematic and PCB layout > will have some inconsistencies and these need to be resolved. > > I converted the original BBB files which took me a few days to complete. > My advise is generate Gerber files after the final conversion and compare > those to the original Gerber files to ensure you haven’t made any mistakes > in the conversion. > > Regards, > John > > > > > On Mar 7, 2017, at 11:13 AM, jam...@cladnetwork.com <javascript:> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am the lead electrical engineer for a small company based in New York > State. We have been using both the Beaglebone Green and Beaglebone Black > internally for hardware development purposes for the past couple of months > for an upcoming product. We are early in the process of transitioning to a > production-grade single board hardware design for said product. > > I am looking for CAD files for the Beaglebone Green to use as a starting > point in the board design process. Can anyone here point me towards for > provide me with Altium Designer files for the BeagleBone Green? We do not > use Cadence Allegro to design our boards, and have no way of converting the > available OrCAD/Allegro CAD files to an Altium Designer compatible format. > > I would much rather not have to redesign a complicated & nontrivial board > layout for an open-source hardware product such as this, especially given > that the open-source nature of BeagleBone was the most motivating factor in > choosing as a development and prototyping tool. > > Note that we are not modifying any part of the BeagleBone Green's design > (except removing the 2X23 female headers and grove sockets). We are using > it as a base and adding additional functionality via peripheral components > that are integrated on the same board. > > Thank you for any help that you can provide. > > I look forward to hearing back, > James > > *Disclaimer: I fully understand that these files would come as is, with no > warranty or guarantee of suitability or merchantability for any purpose. > > **There is a separate thread for BeagleBone Black revC related responses. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d586a995-398d-4de8-ad07-a2e9b880b393%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d586a995-398d-4de8-ad07-a2e9b880b393%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/0e33abca-bcb6-4827-8123-48e73b53e32b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
