On Dec 3, 2007 2:28 PM, John Griessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stefan Salewski wrote: > > Hello, > > > > til now I only did hand soldering of prototypes. > > > > But I am curious, can gEDA (pcb) data be used for automatic placement > > and soldering of boards? (This may be a stupid question, but currently I > > do not know which data board manufactures use for placement of devices.) > > The footprint origin is available and can be gotten somehow -- I have not > done it yet. > You will need to make your footprints compatible with the process; probably > all > with origin at pads centroid, or if you know there is an optimum grab > point on top of the package that is not at footprint centroid, make sure that > package > has its origin there. >
I've had a design manufactured from gEDA/pcb. Along with BOM documentation, I just sent along the zip file of gerbers and drill files that I sent to the board house. I got no complaints, and the boards were manufactured without problems. I've watched technicians program the pick and place machine manually. Seemed like it only took ten or twenty seconds per part. For a small board, maybe they wouldn't bother with the CAD data. It's probably best to ask your manufacturer. Regards, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
