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| NivagSwerdna:
Please see attached image I would like to draw a schematic for the following PCB (I also have a scan for the bottom layer)... It is a simple 2 layer board from the 1980s which replaces some custom Konami silicon which is now unobtainium Are there any tools that allow me to draw a PCB but then go backwards to the schematic? Thanks in advance |
| helius:
--- Quote from: NivagSwerdna on December 22, 2018, 06:11:14 pm ---Are there any tools that allow me to draw a PCB but then go backwards to the schematic? --- End quote --- More seriously, I think some EDA programs do have the ability to link layout and schematic editors, but they are not designed to be used to infer a schematic from a layout. |
| soldar:
I have successfully done this by taking photos or scans of both sides and then working with them with a graphics program like Photoshop but you still have to do a lot of manual work confirming paths, connections, etc. It is very time consuming but it can be done. |
| amyk:
Post both sides, someone may help. ;) What I do is put the parts in the same relative position in a schematic editor, then draw the traces in the same way. Besides the top left component (which appears to have been sanded), everything else there looks like standard TTL. |
| NivagSwerdna:
Thanks. Maybe DaveCAD is a good approach. The circuit should be logically divided into three... but I haven't worked out the detail yet |
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