CircuitToolchain

This will become a page describing the open source toolchain used to do go from schematic design to pcb (printed circuit board) layout to the files which can be fed into the CNC machine to mill a pcb.

For the moment, it's just a collection of my (Daniel Benamy's) notes as I figure out the toolchain. I'll neaten it up once I get a bit further.

Trying Kicad for schematic capture and pcd layout.

Following the tutorial at http://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialCreatingGerberFiles.

It uses the Micropendous which is a board done in kicade which has been released as open source at svn checkout http://micropendous.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Micropendous/ micropendous-read-only

• Check out repo.
• Run kicad.
• Open Design/Micropendous1/

Kicad tutorials:

• http://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialOpeningProjects
• http://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialAddingLibraries
• http://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialCreatingGerberFiles

Gerber to Gcode:

• http://pcbgcode.org/
• http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pcb2gcode/index.php?title=Main_Page
• http://gcnccam.sourceforge.net/