[sdiy] PC board from artwork?

[KA4HJH]

> On Oct 19, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Jarno Verhoeven at ziggo.nl <jarno.verhoeven at ziggo.nl> wrote:
> 
> It is not a super complex schematic, so I'd say plonk it in your favourite CAD-E program and redo the layout.
> You can do a layout which is a lot more compact (cheaper PCB), and has board mount components (no wiring), and is doublesided (no jumpers, didn't check if it has any).
>  
> Shouldn't be terribly hard to do.

Alas this is too much trouble for me. I haven't done any board layout work for years and don't have any experience with current software. I was hoping someone on the list is still making their own boards and could make one for me.

I would like to make some improvements to the existing design but I just don't have the wherewithal to do it anymore.  8(


> On Oct 19, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:
> 
> It's a single-sided board, just photocopy the relevant bit onto press-n-peel and etch your own.



> On Oct 19, 2016, at 4:50 PM, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
> 
> I'm with Gordon.  Printing, transferring and etching is a piece of cake.  It
> requires a bit of practice, perhaps, but it's really not hard.  I can go
> from printed art to ready-to-stuff tinned board in about one hour.  I now
> use a laminator rather than an iron, and my transfers are coming out
> perfect. 


When I made the original board I was working on a number of projects and I was all set up for etching. I had negatives shot on film (I was working for a local printer and had this done at cost) and used the Kaypro system to get the resist on the board. Unfortunately, my entire developing and etching setup was lost when someone else "cleaned up" about ten years ago and I didn't notice for a long time. 8/


> On Oct 19, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Olav Martin Kvern <okvern at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Terry,
> 
> I can make one for you, if no one else has volunteered yet.
> 
> I use a photographic process--my background is in the graphic arts, so it's easy for me. As "The Mac Doctor," you might know me from "Real World InDesign" or other books or desktop publishing articles/columns.


Thank you for the offer, I may go with that. I haven't done any real graphic arts work for many years now so I'm out of the loop.


Thanks for all the replies, it's very encouraging. I'll think about all this some more. I guess I should take a quick look at what's out there while I'm thinking about all this. Is there any free CAD software for OS X, er, "macOS"? I know this has been discussed a million times already but there's no harm in asking again. 8D


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

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