Hi Markus . Thanks for your work, it is very cool.
Some question, please let me know, I only get the logos on device side, To get on cooper side Do I have to change manually the pads ? If so maybe would Be great if you could set it up on the javE. And how it works with pad, no way to get on Silkecren side, yes ? Regards Claudio. 2010/5/22 mgebha <mar...@jave.de> > > > Hi, > > I like the idea of converting images to KiCad modules. Since I am the > author of JavE (a free Ascii-Art editor), I experimented with extending its > Image2Ascii converter to also support KiCad module file output. It might > seem a little strange to use an Ascii-Art editor for this purpose, but hey: > The Image2Ascii converter already contains all of the required image > processing - including various dithering algorithms. And it provides a > decent user interface to keep things simple :-) > > It only took me a few hours to make it work. So here is a step-by-step > instruction how you can use JavE to do the conversion: > http://www.jave.de/docs/kicad/image2module.html > > Some comments: > - JavE is based on Java, so it is platform independent > - The pixels in the module files are be formed of SMD-like pads (Type > "MECA"). I decided to use pads instead of the segments being used in the > AWK-script, in order to make them rectangular. I am etching the boards > myself, so I don't know if this makes any problems when having more options > for PCB production... > - The image size/resolution is limited to 16k pixels in order keep the > module files small. > - The converter does a bit of compression by merging adjacent pads in the > same row. It still happens that the output results in > 300kB module files. > > Please let me know if you have any comments or ideas for improvements. > > Regards, > Markus > > >
