In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, dkemppai wrote:

[quote="Bean (Hitt Consulting)"]
There are many things that can go wrong with gerbers. For instance the last board I had made one hole was 0.0194 instead of 0.020 and the gerber ignored it. And the holes were not on the drill file. So when I got my board they looked very nice execept for 3 holes not being drilled or plated thru. Basicly the whole lot was trash. $300 down the drain. And it was my fault. I didn't count the holes and compare that to the drill file. Oh well lesson learned.

Bean.

[/quote]Bean,
 

Uhhh, you should use Pentalogix View Mate to check your gerbers. You can view them with their software for

free...   ...just can't save changes to the files. [url=http://www.pentalogix.com]www.pentalogix.com[/url]

 

 

You really need to get yourself a copy of a good PCB program...   ...it could save you many hours of trouble.

I picked up a pro liscence of eagle a while back, and it has more than paid for itself. It's a little hard to learn,

but is a very good tool. It's changed my design routine enough, that often times I design a project, build boards,

and THEN start testing. Looking at the numbers, using some of the quick turn proto houses (5 boards, 5 days, $75!!!), it's faster and cheaper to build boards and test(and modify if necessary) than to breadboard things. But, I'd never try this without a good PCB cad program...

 

 

-Dan

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