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  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: Hi again Hector,
    sorry for the time gap in reply.

    After having some time playing with Eagle (which is very complex) - I think that I will take your suggestion and send the Fritzing files next week onto manufacturing at DF just to see if its possible for them to manufacture.

    Thanks again for you help.  8)
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: Hi again Hector,
    sorry for the time gap in reply.

    After having some time playing with Eagle (which is very complex) - I think that I will take your suggestion and send the Fritzing files next week onto manufacturing at DF just to see if its possible for them to manufacture.

    Thanks again for you help.  8)
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply:
    Hector wrote:accurate


    I'm not that worried about how accurate the final result is - but if its going to break the design then its a problem. I'm thinking if its only out by +/- 2% on placement/drilling or something like that - well I could dfrobot with that by altering my design to suit.

    parts would only be simple servo, power, and 2 pin connectors
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply:
    Hector wrote:accurate


    I'm not that worried about how accurate the final result is - but if its going to break the design then its a problem. I'm thinking if its only out by +/- 2% on placement/drilling or something like that - well I could dfrobot with that by altering my design to suit.

    parts would only be simple servo, power, and 2 pin connectors
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: Thanks Hector - I'll download Eagle 6.2.0 and have a play with it (Installer is just under 50meg so it may take a while, fritzing was only a 20meg archive).  ;D
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: Thanks Hector - I'll download Eagle 6.2.0 and have a play with it (Installer is just under 50meg so it may take a while, fritzing was only a 20meg archive).  ;D
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: the extension is fzz  ?!? :-\

    The fritzing 0.7.5 program is using a file which is named MYFILENAME.fzz

    (its just a zip archive of MYFILENAME.fz - a text xml file).
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: the extension is fzz  ?!? :-\

    The fritzing 0.7.5 program is using a file which is named MYFILENAME.fzz

    (its just a zip archive of MYFILENAME.fz - a text xml file).
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: Hi Hector,

    Thanks so much for your kind reply, and solving my mystery blue box issue  :-[ ::).

    The fritzing 0.7.5 program is exporting 'Extended Gerber RS-274X' files, as follows:
    MYFILENAME_contour.gm1
    MYFILENAME_copperBottom.gbl
    MYFILENAME_copperTop.gtl
    MYFILENAME_drill.txt
    MYFILENAME_maskBottom.gbs
    MYFILENAME_maskTop.gts
    MYFILENAME_silkTop.gto

    All are text files. There is no silk on bottom, and no file. 2 layer board.

    I have had a quick look online for a fritzing->Eagle converter but could not locate such a thing - at this time.
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: Hi Hector,

    Thanks so much for your kind reply, and solving my mystery blue box issue  :-[ ::).

    The fritzing 0.7.5 program is exporting 'Extended Gerber RS-274X' files, as follows:
    MYFILENAME_contour.gm1
    MYFILENAME_copperBottom.gbl
    MYFILENAME_copperTop.gtl
    MYFILENAME_drill.txt
    MYFILENAME_maskBottom.gbs
    MYFILENAME_maskTop.gts
    MYFILENAME_silkTop.gto

    All are text files. There is no silk on bottom, and no file. 2 layer board.

    I have had a quick look online for a fritzing->Eagle converter but could not locate such a thing - at this time.
  • Topic: PCB manufacture question
    You Reply: I am playing around the Fritzing 0.7.5, and have developed a small board of 3cm x 3cm.  I also got the DFRobot library (my many thanks for the open source files)  ;D

    On the page for DFRobot Product Code: C-PCB-001 (2 Layer PCB, 5cm x 5cm) there is a blue section marked [u]unavailable[/u] that can not be used - It seems to be a 1cm high strip, at 3cm to 4cm from top, and 5cm wide. 

    Question 1:- can I order my 3cm x 3cm PCB Fritzing design with the 5cm x 5cm PCB product offer, or should I enlarge my PCB design to a 4.99x4.99 (aka 5x5) and cut the PCB board down after it arrives? 

    Question 2:- does the [u]unavailable[/u] area scale down from 5x5 to my size of 3x3? and what is the [u]unavailable[/u] area for ? (I assume its for a machine to hold the board during manufacture/cnc process)

    Question 3:- how close can i have parts to the [u]unavailable[/u] area? I assume 0mm as the [u]unavailable[/u] area has some kind of buffer zone built-in.

    Question 4:- Is Fritzing 0.7.5 exported files of '[b]Extended Gerber RS-274X[/b]' an Accepted file format for PCB manufacture by DFRobot.

    Thanks in advance for your assistance.