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peterb
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Posted: 29 Apr 2021 at 5:28pm |
What would be the easiest way for me to make one, small (100 x 80 mm) PCB ?
My CAD program is a bit too engineering orientated but I guess there must some free simple PCB drafting software out there, any recommendations? (I made one using Veroboard but it took up too much space!) Thanks |
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Peter
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Graham Slee
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I did the Accession board using this. It isn't free, but it isn't expensive at all. It lets you work without all the faff of doing a schematic. You could try ABL to make you the board from the Gerber and Excellon files. https://www.ablcircuits.co.uk/
Edited by Graham Slee - 29 Apr 2021 at 5:58pm |
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peterb
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Thanks Graham.
I was wondering about 'Fritzing' but I will explore your suggestions first.
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Peter
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gwebster
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Kicad is the one I use. It's freeware and supported by, amongst others, CERN.
I used to use Eagle but moved away from it once my son introduced me to Kicad. Have a look at it - https://kicad.org/ I've done several boards using Kicad now, both traditional through-hole ones and surface mount ones. I now prefer to build SMD. All it needs is a good soldering iron, good solder (0.5mm dia), lots of flux and decent magnifier glasses.
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peterb
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I saw Kicad listed on a top ten list, tempting. At the moment I only need one fairly simple board for a low current ±15V PSU and don't have any other projects in the pipeline.
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Peter
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gwebster
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PM me - I have spare boards left over from building my +-15V (+/-17V actually) board. Minimum order qty from my Chinese PCB house was 10 @ $5 for the 10. The shipping costed more than the boards - not sure how they actually make any money on these!
If it matters, they are 100 x 80 in size (corresponds to max size for that price) Edited by gwebster - 30 Apr 2021 at 10:44am |
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Inspire Apollo tt, O/L modded RB250, Ortofon 2M Black, Slee Different Approach inspired Phono, Putzeys Pre, Cusat, Raspberry Pi/Volumio, Bitzie, Self Load Invariant Power, Acoustic Energy AE509s
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