Having used Altium for many years before retiring I am struggling with the "quirks" of Eagle (free). Is pcbgcode locked into Eagle or can other software be used ?.

So I know that professional PCB companies use brush plating to apply copper to the holes of vias to connect the layers. What are others using for via connections? I’ve heard of tiny brass rivets being

I would like to increase trace and device isolation. i can't find advice on how to do this in the PCBGCODE Manual, so assume this must be something that can be done in Eagle. It looks as though one cu

I find I need to do a two sided board with some resistors and caps. It looks like 1206 might be usable. Is there any experience with anything smaller, or is even 1206 too small? I have a reflow oven b

In order to properly locate a stencil over an etched circuit board I have placed circular smd pads at appropriate places on the board. Holes to accommodate guide pins are placed centrally on this pad.

As of a couple of days ago, pcbgcode appear to have suddenly lost the ability to use G82 code in all drilling operations. I've run extensive tests using alternative backup copies of pcb-gcode, .brd fi

Hello, I am new to pcbgcode and was wondering which version is the best (in terms of features/bugs): I have found so far: the legacy pcb-gcode 3.6.2.4 hosted on this group: https://groups.io/g/pcbgcod

Hi., i dont know what im doing wrong? im wondering if anyone can help., THANKS

Greetings PCB-Gcode Community, I want to thank the admins for the add to the group. I stumbled upon PCB Gcode in a FB group for the Sainsmart 3018 CNC I had picked up for doing home/hobby electronics.

Hi again- In trying to understand what's going on internally (ie. in pcb-gcode.ulp specifically), I keep running into things like the following: rz(DEFAULT_Z_UP); rxy(rx1, ry1); fzr(z_down_or_radius,

Hi all- I'm attempting to produce gcode to drill a tiny little test board with a single 8-pin DIP and no traces. I will use linuxcnc, and when I generate a drill file for the most basic setup (all I d

Let’s assume you have a working CNC machine that you’ve just acquired, but that you know very little about CNC. Let’s further assume it is a mill and that you will be focused on cutting metal. You’re

Hi, I have been following this group for a long time but havent embraced gCode yet. I am working towards bringing up a Roland Modela MDX-15 with pcb GCode. Has anyone in this group used integrated pcb

Hey Guys, Not trying to step on any toes, but I have noticed lately that some of the messages are getting rather lengthy because they have not been trimmed. It would be appreciated if you will do a bi

Hi guys, I have to do manual tool changes between etching the bottom of a PCB, Drilling, and cutting it out of the larger board. Right now, the G-Code generated by pcb-gcode lifts the cutter to Z 1.00

Hi John, another idea is to add this code to the END_OF_PROGRAM line in the *.pp profile file I'm using. besides this is easy to test. best, john

Hi all! I am trying out Timo Birnstein's version of pcb-gcode and with his implementation of several rounds for milling out the board, I think it is feasible for that task. But where is the definition

Hello. I love the pcbgcode add on but I can't use it. I have an ATC on my stepcraft 420 machine which is what I use for making boards but it only holds 5 bits and many of the parts I use have several

Maybe a bit off topic but can someone recommend the best size and type of end mill for milling out the perimeter of a PCB?