Review of HQDFM – A Tool from NextPCB for Easy Analysis of your PCB
https://www.electronics-lab.com/review-of-hqdfm-a-tool-from-nextpcb-for-easy-analysis-of-your-pcb/
So you’ve just finished designing your new PCB, completed all ERC and DRC checks, and sent the files off to the manufacturer. Now, you’re eagerly awaiting the arrival of your new PCBs. If you’re like me, once you’ve generated your Gerber files, you head to an online Gerber viewer site like PCBWay or JLCPCB to […]
HQ NextPCB Introduces New PCB Gerber Viewer: HQDFM Online Lite Edition
https://www.electronics-lab.com/hq-nextpcb-introduces-new-pcb-gerber-viewer-hqdfm-online-lite-edition/
HQ NextPCB is proud to announce the release of HQDFM Online Gerber Viewer and DFM Analysis Tool, free for everyone. With HQDFM, NextPCB hopes to empower designers with the DFM tools and knowledge to perfect their designs as early as possible, where problems are the least costly. The PCB manufacturing industry has and still relies […]
13 Amazing Gerber Viewer Software for Windows
https://www.electronics-lab.com/12-amazing-gerber-viewer-software-for-windows/
Gerber Viewer Software for Windows is a software that enables you to open and view Gerber files (GRB files) through the help of their extensive toolset. Some of this software are Gerber editor software also and allows you to view and make changes to Gerber PCB designs. The Gerber file viewer software can export the […]
Inspectar Uses Augmented Reality to Help You Inspect Your PCBs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/inspectar-uses-augmented-reality-help-inspect-pcbs/
While making PCBs is now more affordable and easier than ever with several free open source tools for the design and several online manufacturers with fast turn around and doorstep delivery, one of its main challenges still remains board validations, and testing. As simple as this task may seem, it becomes quite laborious for complex […]
JLCPCB.com – Eagle Gerber Export and Quick PCB Review
https://www.electronics-lab.com/jlcpcb-com-eagle-gerber-export-and-pcb-quick-review/
We recently placed an order on JLCPCB.com for 5 pieces of a PCB design we have done here at electronics-lab.com. The project we were dealing is a 60V to 5V @ 3.5A buck converter based on TPS54360B and we are going to publish it soon under Projects -> Power. The PCB design has 2 layers […]
Tracespace Online Gerber Viewer (beta)
https://www.electronics-lab.com/tracespace-online-gerber-viewer-beta/
This particular PCB viewer takes your Gerber and drill files and gives you individual layer renders as well as very fancy renders of what your completed boards are going to look like. The tracespace viewer accomplishes all this locally (nothing gets sent to any server!) by converting your files to SVGs. Thanks to the “Scalable” […]
EasyEDA’s Free and Online Gerber Viewer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/easyedas-free-online-gerber-viewer/
EasyEDA is a cloud-based EDA tool suite which supports open source and working collaboratively. Tools from EasyEDA include circuit simulation using Spice, PCB design, electronic circuit design and now RS-274X (Gerber) and Excellon gerber viewer, all are free. To use this viewer you need to upload your gerber files, in RS-274X format, in a zip […]
The incredible story behind the Gerber PCB file format
https://www.electronics-lab.com/the-incredible-story-behind-the-gerber-pcb-file-format/
Max Maxfield @ edn.com writes about the famous Gerber format and the history behind it. Gerber format is actually an ASCII vector format that defines copper layers, solder mask, legends on a PCB and it’s used by manufacturing companies to produce the actual PCB. The incredible story behind the Gerber PCB file format – [Link]
ZofzPCB: FREE 3D Gerber Viewer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/zofzpcb-free-3d-gerber-viewer/
Rafal @ zofzpcb.com writes: Many CAD designers, including myself, are equipped with powerful graphic cards. I definitely wanted to use a gamer graphic and I wanted to fly. There is the result, 3D Gerber viewer with newly implemented display of components. Components are guessed, not yet from BOM. Download at http://www.zofzpcb.com Do not forger to check […]