Firstly, you can create homebrew boards easily and - using the ExpressPCB method - print to a PDF file using CutePDF and flip in Inkscape, reading for printing onto some press-n-peel. We much prefer the ExpressPCB method: draw a schematic then link it to the PCB designer - so long as the number of pads in the PCB layout software matches the number of pins in the schematic, you can use pretty much any component footprint to represent any component in the schematic.Īs a result, we still turn to ExpressPCB whenever we need to "knock out" a few boards for home etching.īut since we've had to design some more boards for manufacture (for a recent alarm clocks project) we've returned back to DipTrace to generate more gerbers.Īnd we've found that DipTrace has some pretty cool features - even for the homebrew enthusiast. It's easy to use, has a massive library of components, but uses an approach similar to Eagle when placing components in the schematic, you have to choose the "correct" component with the appropriate footprint while you're drawing the schematic. We first came across it while designing PCBs for our miniature guitars last year - changing over from ExpressPCB because we needed to generate gerber files to have some circuit boards manufactured online. I haven't found any PCB layout files yet.The more time we spend with DipTrace, the more we like it, here at Nerd Towers. It appears to load into KiCAD, give it a try, I've attached the zip file. sch file for the P2-EC-RevA Edge module from Diptrace. Just for the record, KiCAD schematics end in.
(2) find the actual PCB layout file of the P2 Edge. (1) convert the P2-EC-RevA-P2-Edge-Module-SCHEMATIC-1116.dch into something KiCAD can read. The layout file I can't recreate because I don't have the physical locations of the various components. dch I'll just recapture it from the PDF file. dch file which I'm assuming is the actual. The P2 Module page has a PDF of the schematic and a diptrace.
The two remaining things missing are schematic for the P2 Module and the PCB layout file.
I found the 3D models for the connectors in another file on the Parallax site for the P2. Which is OK I've already created my own P2 symbol and footprint for KiCAD.
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