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Processing a CAM Job for Manufacturing

Determine PCB Manufacturer

Here is a list of recommended PCB manufacturers:

Research and determine if your design is machinable by the manufacturer you chose. You can enter their specifications into the Design Rule Check tool in Eagle.

Generate Gerber Files

Process for a 2-layer board

  1. Download the .cam file from Sparkfun
  2. Open job on Eagle
  3. Make sure the correct layers are included in each category
    • Top/bottom copper
    • Top/bottom silkscreen
    • Drills/holes
  4. Click on “Process Job” to generate Gerber files

Process for a 4-layer board

  1. Download the following files from Google Drive
  2. Run ULP drillcfg
  3. Run Excellon job
  4. Run E4 job

Verify Gerber Files

  1. Use the program Viewmate to check if the Gerber files were processed correctly

Authors

Contributing authors:

garrettz

Created by garrettz on 2016/02/24 23:10.