Hi to all,
I am an absolute beginner in this field and the task is very simple: I would like to copy the existing single-sided layout of an existing through hole board from the eighties. No SMD, no multilayer. Goal is to check if the traces layout could be squeezed into a tighter place. So nothing is designed from scratch. It is a bit like a program that can turn a bookpage into editable text. I have the schematics as well. As symbols are standardized I also wonder if it has become a feature that a (printed) schematic can be translated into a pcp layout, especially when it is a single sided pcb. Mac preferred, freeware or a time limited trial.
All the best,
Salar
I am an absolute beginner in this field and the task is very simple: I would like to copy the existing single-sided layout of an existing through hole board from the eighties. No SMD, no multilayer. Goal is to check if the traces layout could be squeezed into a tighter place. So nothing is designed from scratch. It is a bit like a program that can turn a bookpage into editable text. I have the schematics as well. As symbols are standardized I also wonder if it has become a feature that a (printed) schematic can be translated into a pcp layout, especially when it is a single sided pcb. Mac preferred, freeware or a time limited trial.
All the best,
Salar
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Thanks! Looks like KiCad can import images of PCBs, but as far as I understand still the schematics have to be drawn by hand, based on the imported image,correct? Is there any software out there that can translate/read printed schematics?
All the best,
Salar
All the best,
Salar
In times of 3D-printing and the need for sustainability a lacking feature... Should not be complicated to develop as not many rules and not many symbols are to follow as a first step. With a transistor database it could even calculate a trace width...
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