I am trying to reproduce a PCB design, and I have removed all the ICs,
scanned the boards, and am trying to draw it up in EAGLE. But, it would
much easier if I could import the actual PCB as a bitmap under my PCB
layout, to ensure I have have everything in the right place.
Sadly, my graphics
Mile High Test/Gardien Services in Colorado will scan boards for you and give
you ready-to-go Gerbers. It cost around $250 to have an OSI sized 2-layer board
scanned (8x10 inches).
Thanks,
Jonathan
On Tue, 9 May 2017 22:46:08 -0500
Jim Brain via cctalk wrote:
> I am trying to reproduce a PCB
If this is a one off all you need to do is print the negatives on
transparency material with a laser printer.
The laser printers tend to have a little more opacity than ink jets do but
I have done this with an ink jet
printer as well. I also once plotted directly on the bare copper with a
sharpie
Hey Jim,
I can probably do this for you but I'm pretty busy for the moment. What's
your desired timeline? I've been using EAGLE since 2005 so I'm familiar.
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On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Doug Ingraham via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Anders, mind sharing which method you use to redraw a PCB? I have lots of
interest in this subject.
2017-05-10 13:20 GMT-03:00 Anders Nelson via cctalk :
> Hey Jim,
>
> I can probably do this for you but I'm pretty busy for the moment. What's
> your desired timeline? I've been using EAGLE since
Hey Alex,
I haven't re-traced a PCB but I would probably do the same thing Jim is
suggesting - import a graphic into my CAD program and trace it over with
metal. EAGLE has lots of scripts available to import graphics, DXFs and do
other completely different things. You can also write your own!
I'l
On 5/10/2017 10:23 AM, Doug Ingraham wrote:
If this is a one off all you need to do is print the negatives
I think my main problem right now is getting true negatives. The scans
I took don't immediately yield sharp negatives, and so photo editing is
needed to create that.
Once that happens,
On 5/10/2017 11:29 AM, Alexandre Souza via cctalk wrote:
Anders, mind sharing which method you use to redraw a PCB? I have lots of
interest in this subject.
I know the question was not directed at me, but since I am doing exactly
this, I can offer my perspective.
* I first scanned the files
On 5/10/2017 6:02 PM, wrco...@wrcooke.net wrote:
In EAGLE I am having very good luck with:
* Getting some nice B&W versions of the scans (Thanks everyone, but
especially Paul)
* importing them into EAGLE under layer 200 and 201 (reversing bottom
layer)
* setting layers to some light co
