AVR-Chat

On Tuesday 06 July 2004 22:29, jay marante wrote:
> sorry for the OT. i just don't know where to ask these questions.

> i know a little about the eagle lay-out editor. i do manual tracing of
> PCB. but i know there is this "auto-routing" thing where the PC routes
> the tracks for you, like the protel design systems'. 

Yes; it can do auto-routing.
> i don't know if i
> understand what i've read correctly, but, am i right that you can write a
> program (text) in eagle for all the connections or the components to be
> connected like in VHDL instead of dragging components and connect them
> yourself? if ever, how do i do that? also, how do i auto-route?

I understand that you can create text parts lists that describe
packages, define nets and then a netscript to tie it all together.

But it is much easier to draw the schematic, then generate a board
and drag components around and maybe define a few critical tracks
before attempting an autoroute. So I've never done it the other way.

> and, how can i make a "gerber" (right spelling???) file for me to
> download it into a milling machine? or maybe, can someone lead me to a
> tutorial site?

See the Eagle support site for Gerber options.
	http://www.cadsoft.de

I've not seen a tutorial, but managed to work things out with
available documentation.

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