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Offline gatoazulTopic starter

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Pcb manufacturer
« on: November 21, 2016, 04:15:34 pm »
Hi,

Anyone knows where can i make Pcbs from Pdf files.


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Re: Pcb manufacturer
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2016, 04:52:33 pm »
If you have access to a laser printer, you can do it in your own house
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=home+made+pcb
 

Offline gatoazulTopic starter

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Re: Pcb manufacturer
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2016, 04:57:13 pm »
yes i known.
But i dont have a laser printer and its for prototyping or small quantities.

Anyone Knows this company ? : http://en.printed-circuits-boards.com/
« Last Edit: November 21, 2016, 04:59:35 pm by gatoazul »
 

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Re: Pcb manufacturer
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2016, 05:02:13 pm »
Once apon a time you could give a manufacturer a PDF or similar, but I doubt many accept this anymore - maybe a tiny unknown one like that one you linked.  For 99.99% of them it is too much mucking around and error prone, when they can make more money from other clients.

If you don't want to make it yourself, then you probably should redraw the PCB in a CAD package (Eagle, Kicad, etc).

Alternatively, you might have luck with one of the PDF to Gerber converters, but I doubt it.  See also https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners/pdf-to-gerber-14604/
 
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Offline IconicPCB

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Re: Pcb manufacturer
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2016, 09:19:42 pm »
Send me Your PDFs .. i may be able to convert them to Gerber layers.
 
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Offline gatoazulTopic starter

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Re: Pcb manufacturer
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2016, 10:08:06 pm »
send you 2 circuits for testing.


 

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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2016, 11:22:52 pm »
I'd use a CLI program called "pstoedit" (which converts PostScript to other vector formats) to change the PDFs into DXF files. Then I'd import the DXFs into DipTrace (or the CAD software of your choice) and set the primary layer as pads. Then you could export it to a Gerber.

The first PDF you posted would be problematic because it's two layers and they've got the bottom traces contrasted to the top layer.

The second PDF could be converted easily.
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Offline richardlawson1489

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Re: Pcb manufacturer
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2017, 06:54:53 am »
Check it out. This My helps you. http://swannman.github.io/pdf2gerb/
 

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Re: Pcb manufacturer
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2017, 02:29:15 pm »
Have you install a printer driver and create a virtual device that saves the file as a PDF?
 


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