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quantumvolt:
I have tried seeed, futurlec and osh park with this "open source" shield just to get started in the modern world of pcb making (my last pcb was made in my mother's kitchen in the early 1970's).

http://www.instructables.com/id/Ultra-sparse-Arduino-proto-shields/


There are gerber/drill files, and people in the comments say they have succeeded in getting them made. But I got f@#$%ed ..

Either I am an idiot or I got unlucky. So I want to take a new approach. I tried to fiddle with Eagle but I don't have the interest or time.

So if anyone with PayPal can help me establish a simple Arduino shield with all necessary files I will pay you a reasonable but modest fee. My first project is a shield with three 8 pins DIPs (SOIC/TSSOP inside?) and 3 points long changing vertical/horisontal traces. Think a precision op amp input buffer/amplifier to a 24 bit adc fed by a precision reference - supported by some resistors and caps and some breakouts/jumpers - and you have a 5.5 digit DC voltmeter Arduino shield. I will draw something on paper if anyone wants to help me.

Politely - please do not expect to get rich, I am an expert on Manhattan style pcbs .... :-DD

Thanks

Harvs:

--- Quote from: quantumvolt on September 25, 2013, 03:34:48 am ---I have tried seeed, futurlec and osh park with this "open source" shield just to get started in the modern world of pcb making (my last pcb was made in my mother's kitchen in the early 1970's).

There are gerber/drill files, and people in the comments say they have succeeded in getting them made. But I got f@#$%ed ..

Either I am an idiot or I got unlucky. So I want to take a new approach. I tried to fiddle with Eagle but I don't have the interest or time.


--- End quote ---

Can you tell us what exactly the manufacturers had a problem with?

I just downloaded the gerbers and had a quick look in altium.  With just a quick scan everything seemed to be in place.  If you can tell us exactly why seed didn't want to make them then we might be able to do something about it easily.  Surely OSH park would have given you some feedback?

quantumvolt:
Thanks for the swift answer.

Well, maybe they didn't have any technical problems, but I was redirected to other departments, persons, ordering pages, shared designs (4 pcbs pr. page, around 100 pages, no search function, takes an hour to look through  :wtf:), technical questions, Chinese holiday and you name it... |O . A wasted week.

I will try again to fill out this page again (I only need two files - correct?): http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/fusion-pcb-service-2-layers-p-835.html

Anyway - I still want to make custom designs, so I am still hoping somebody will help me modify the design  :D

Thanks

quantumvolt:
The ordering page explains:

 3. Gerber file requirements:
   The following layers are needed:

    Top Layer: pcbname.GTL
    Bottom Layer: pcbname.GBL
    Solder Mask Top: pcbname.GTS
    Solder Mask Bottom: pcbname.GBS
    Silk Top: pcbname.GTO
    Silk Bottom: pcbname.GBO
    Drill Drawing: pcbname.TXT
    Board Outline?pcbname.GML/GKO

   Note:

    The Gerber file must be RS-274x format.

The unzipped file from instructables includes all these files. Good. BUT the ordering page at seed accepts only one file. Not good. And no easy findable web site that explains if I am supposed to send the zip file or convert it to RS-274x

I went to university for almost 10 years only to be f@#$%ed by some morons with a pcb sweat shop  ;D

Codemonkey:
Just zip the files up and send them.

I didn't go to university for 10 years and I've had no problems ordering pcb's from seeed.

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