[OT]Homebrew PCB fabrication

From: Peter C. Wallace <pcw_at_mesanet.com>
Date: Sun Feb 20 21:22:17 2005

On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, woodelf wrote:

> Peter C. Wallace wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, David V. Corbin wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Gerber (e.g. RS274X) file formats are well documented. You **could** create
> >>one with any binary file editor if you were so inclined....
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Not even that hard, its just an ASCII plotter format file:
> >
> >
> BTW you do want your holes drilled. Well HELL that is another file or
> two you
> have to add. :)
>
>

Excellon drill files are almost the same as Gerber files. We generate them
ourselves with a simple program since we often make multi-up panels of mixed
PCBs - we extract the drill info from the Gerbers...


Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics
Received on Sun Feb 20 2005 - 21:22:17 GMT