I designed my first board with freePCB. Got the hang of it and all is well so far. I need to send this board to an assembly house and they require a "pick...
... The report file will give you a basic XYRS listing, but I don't think it is exactly what the assembly house is looking for. When I tried to use that they...
In case anyone is interested, I uploaded some photos of the boards I designed using FreePCB. The money board is the IRIG-B interface adapter card for my...
Cool. How did you get that logo looking thing on ther eand the outlined text? http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/photos/view/2dd1? b=1&m=s&o=0...
... http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreePCB/photos/view/2dd1?b=1&m=s&o=0 The outlined text is a feature of FreePCB. I don't remember the details, but...
Outline text is normal text on the same copper layer as the area it is inside. If you make it negative it leaves out the copper bit inside. (Would be nice to...
... You can create a net name with no pins in Project/Nets.. and use that name when adding a copper area. It seems to survive the various check tools but...
... As if! When is any design "final"??? Making it part of a net in the design is what I settled on, such as Ground. But this may be a problem if we ever get...
Aerial effects depend on frequency, size/shape of the area and coupling to other parts of the layout. May not be a problem for most people. 'Final' is when you...
I tried adding a Hershey font character and now I can't figure out how to make it show up in a drawing. I picked a character that is way up there in number...
Have a look at 'Hershey_release_notes.txt' in the FreePCB/bin directory (should be there) if you haven't already. Then use <alt>+<numberpad> to enter...
... Yes, I am aware of the release notes and how to enter "alt" characters. But there are multiple fonts in the Hershey font file and the "alt" sequence does...
... Opps, I reread the Hershey font notes and noticed that the character numbers all start with a 0. I used the 0 and got my logo. So you have to enter four...
... I tried creating a filled character and FreePCB crashed when I added it to the layout. So Hershey fonts are not ready for prime time for logos unless you...
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All, I just added a new tool to the files section called FpcPoly. It generates modified Gerbers that, when used with PCB-Render, produce more photo-realistic...
Hi guys: I have my board all done and ready to have made. But there is a new fly in my soup. This is a very tight board and I don't have any component wiggle...
Bruce, I just tried it, worked OK for the top view but got the following when it did the bottom: Bottom Gerbers: FpcPoly - a RS-274X File Converter for...
Yes, the assembly house needs room on the edges of the board for handling and for clamping in a pick and place machine. Building them in panels is a very good...
... If you use tab routing, you either need to leave a wide strip 0.5" min between the boards or you need to put tabs on each side of the board to make the...
... I have lots of photos of my boards, but not of the panels. They all got shipped to the assembly house pretty quickly. Here is an ascii art drawing. If...
re: tabs, thanks, I'm gettign the picture now. I found at least one of the companies does V routing to snap at the V's. I'd prefer that but I can see where...
There's some good info on V-scoring here: http://www.tkb-4u.com/articles/other/vscore/vscore.php What you should specify is not the depth, but the web...
... Certainly your assembly house can give you better advice with respect to what works well for them. My bad experience was because of a short between the...
I didn't think to mention that when you use scoring, you also need a web between the boards. Especially when you have components close to the edge of the...
All, I just updated the FpcPoly archive, in the files section, with the latest 1.11 version. This version adds a source file path option and fixes a bug one...
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