About:
Pcb is a handy tool for the X Window System to design printed circuit boards. All coordinate units are 1/1000 inch. A layout consists of lines, arcs, polygons, elements (lines, pins and arcs), vias, and text information seperated into several layers. Each of them is identified by a unique name and color (if supported by your display). SMD circuits are also supported. Eight layers are supported, in addition to a silkscreen layer. Visibility of pins and SMD pads and vias is controllable. All files are 7-bit ASCII, and can be preprocessed with any Unix command that writes its results to stdout (GNU m4 is required). Zooming, unlimited undo, and unlimited redo are supported. Pcb is intended to be a simple tool without memory and time consuming features like autorouter and autoplacement. Layout related settings are saved together with the data.

Author:
Harry Eaton <haceaton __at__ aplcomm __dot__ jhuapl __dot__ edu> [contact developer]

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8.75/10.00 (10 votes)

Homepage:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcb/
Tar/GZ:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pcb/pcb-20080202.tar.gz
Changelog:
http://pcb.cvs.sourceforge.net/[..]/pcb/ChangeLog?revision=1.13&view=markup
Debian package:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/electronics/pcb.html
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://pcb.cvs.sourceforge.net/
Bug tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=73743&atid=538811
Mailing list archive:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=73743

Trove categories: [change]

[Environment]		X11 Applications
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic]		Scientific/Engineering :: Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	20080202	20-Apr-2008	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] pcb
by A W Sloman - Aug 24th 1999 07:09:46

Can this program generate layout files in one of the Gerber formats used to program Gerber photoplotters? Essentially all professional printed circuit board manufacturers expect each layer of the PCB to manufactured to be specified by a "Gerber" file, with additional files for the silk screens, solder masks, and - for surface mount boards - the solder paste masters. They also require a "drill" file - often in Excellon format - to specifiy the diameter and position of every hole in the PCB, includings vias. Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

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