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panfilero wrote:
Hello, I just finished creating a circuit, it\'s a drum machine, but
I\'ve done the whole thing on a solderless breadboard. I was wondering
if anybody could give me any tips on how I could go about transferring
my design onto a PCB. If anyone could reccomend any software or such
that is good for this? I have a copy of PSPICE, but I\'m not sure if
that\'s mainly for simulations. I\'ve seen the "do it
yourself" kits
with the photo-resist chemicals and everything, but that seems
potentially messy and complicated. I was wondering if anyone was
familiar with the places that you send the schematic to and then they
mail you your PCB?
Thanks
Joshua
Not all CAD software work consecutively with CAM, however your best bet is
PADS which is a process I was taught at AAI Learning Center in Glendale
Arizona.
This Low tech solution will apply to the circuit board manufacturing. You will
take a Mylar and apply Rubber strips in the pattern you have the capacitors,
Resistors and Relays on the board. The process will be applied to copper
coated fiberglass. Then acetate will be applied with a photo-scoped process
etching the copper in a solution keeping only the copper applied to the board.
Feed-thru holes are a little bit harder. You may layer the underside or
sandwich the copper boards into a layered board in between the fiberglass
polyester board. The back side of the board having the same process as done to
the other side, this process repeated to the different layers. The board may
be reduced to save space and material, and preferred by the manufactured. I
know AutoCAD has this feature in its program as well as other workstation
programs. The following are a list of process software and you should do your
homework. These CAD programs may not have a CAM process which stands for
computer automated machinery.Active-Cad
Active-VHDL
Alias
ANVIL EXPRESS
Ashlar Vellum
AutoCAD
Avanti
Bentley
CADAM
CADDS
Cadence
Cadence Allegro
Cadkey
Cadmax
CADnetix
Cadstar
CALMA
CATIA
CoCreate
Computervision
Designcad 2000
HP Solid D
I-DEAS
Ironcad
Macdraft
Mentor Graphics
Microstation
Orcad
PADS
P-CAD
PDMS
PDS
PRO/E
PTC
Rhino
SDRC
Smartsketch
Solid Designer
Solid Edge
Solidworks
Step
Synopsys
Tango
Turbocad
Veribest
Verelog
VesaCAD
VHDL
VHDL Warp
View Logic
Hard copy is also a process which might be difficult so contact the software
dealer to find out which features might apply to you. I most like Bentley and
AutoCAD. These are the leaders in IBM Compatible computers. The main CAM
software may not apply to the board manufacturer .So contact a reliable
machine shop to assist you. You can work together to create the jigs you will
need in the manufacturing process. At the rubber plant I worked for used a
manufacturer in Ohio which worked with CAM. I also worked with Whites Steel a
part of Virgin Aerospace. The Fiberglass company I worked for worked with
Chinese Manufactures, and the best work for these type of plans are in the
Philippines. I wish you luck and hope you can make some money for the boards
or at least get a good inventor. By the way are you a tinkerer or just an avid
fan of electricity.
I look forward to any future contact. I may be reached through any computer
using
[email protected]. Please feel free to contact me. If you are unable to
get a reply please be aware I receive 200 emails a day and can not sift
through all the junk mail. I am only on the computer 2 hours a day and answer
about 2 % of replies for information. I read about 20 to 30% of my email and
go to the next task in my day. I look forward to any futer contacts, questions
or comments.
Best Regards, Richard B. Torres
8595 Philbin Avenue, Arlanza , Arlington, Riverside County, California,
92503-2278. Majesty Village, Riverside.