1 Dec
2009
1 Dec
'09
10:18 a.m.
There were a couple of programs around a few years ago, I'll dig around
on sourceforge, but they allowed you to take original PCB films, scan
them in and convert them into gerbers. I'd use a commercial service,
but I have so many films, that it will be too cost prohibitive.
Curt
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Dec 1, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Curt @ Atari Museum
wrote:
Anyone know of programs (Windows, Linux or Mac
based) to take
existing PCB films, scan them in and turn them into Gerbers so that
long since discontinued PCB's can be reproduced?
I don't know of an automatic tool, but PCB (http://pcb.gpleda.org/,
for UNIX platforms) can display a PNG file in the background of the
board layout for tracing purposes.
This is a great program; it's under very active development by some
very smart people. I've used it for years for both personal and
commercial projects.
-Dave