[OT]Homebrew PCB fabrication

[Peter C. Wallace]

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:

D38*
X6025Y575D02*
X5775D01*
X5750Y600*
Y725*
X5850Y825*
X6100*
Y600*
X6500*
Y100*
X6575Y25*
X5850*
Y300*
X6025*
Y575*


>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
> >>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of der Mouse
> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:47 PM
> >>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> >>> Subject: Re: [OT]Homebrew PCB fabrication
> >>>
> >>> > Just in case it is obvious, but did you check the prices
> >>> for 2 layer
> >>> > boards ?  I think the prices are as low as never before,
> >>> so I wouldn't
> >>> > even start to do it on my own.
> >>>
> >>> Neither would I - if I could find enough documentation on
> >>> the file formats they accept for me to build the necessary
> >>> data files for hem.
> >>>
> >>> Everybody I've looked into handwaves the issue, naming a
> >>> couple of formats ("gerber" comes to mind) without any
> >>> references, apparently assuming everyone will be using some
> >>> kind of pre-rolled software to generate said files.  Feh.
> >>>
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Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics