Hi James!
Yes! ..... after narrowing down Derks process, it's really a brilliant idea!
I've tried at look see at this in KIKAD, if I could get the "scanned" jpeg into the software's design window to show up as an overylay.
There would be a need to have some "reference object" in the scanned jpeg so you could scale your design window against the scale of KIKAD.
I'll continue to ponder this process for sure.
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "James" <jamesrsweet@...> wrote:
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <richard.liberatoscioli@> wrote:
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> > ....mmmmmmmmmmmmm , well, first let me say that your thought process is so powerful, I will have to assume that I fatally missed something in your rational.
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> > I'll respond briefly on this in hopes I'll get to better understand the merits of your suggestions.
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> > In prima fasia, this would be a complete disaster. Placing the SMDs in a "random" fashion, would seriously violate essential physical and electronic associations that the components function provides.
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> I don't think he meant just randomly throwing them down wherever they land, but rather place them such that the layout makes sense, without worrying about the precise alignment of everything, then scan that and draw the traces for it. There are certain rules for the layout, but components need not be placed with extreme precision.
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