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#1 teachop

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 12:22 PM

Individual component identifiers are not in the Netduino Plus silkscreen, I am sure due to size, and I cannot open the .brd file. Could Secret Labs print the component locations to a PDF, looking like a typical silkscreen layer? Is that possible? It would be good to add to the downloads page, so we users can probe on the board. Thanks.

#2 Chris Seto

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 04:07 PM

You shouldn't ever need to probe individual components on the board. That said, the Eagle files are b0rked for me too. Otherwise, most of the components are easily identified by their part numbers. If ther are no easily readable numbers on the part, it's probably either the MUX in the corner, or an SMT cap/resistor/transistor.

#3 teachop

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 06:32 PM

You shouldn't ever need to probe individual components

I generally find my reasons!

If ther are no easily readable numbers on the part, it's probably either the MUX in the corner, or an SMT cap/resistor/transistor.

The resistor designators would help the most when poking about...

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 06:56 PM

...and I cannot open the .brd file.

You can open the .brd files in Cadence Allegro FREE Physical Viewer (requires registration, though).

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 07:45 PM

The .brd files are four layers. I believe "most" free applications like the free Eagle version only open up two layer board files.

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Posted 22 January 2011 - 09:48 PM

The .brd files are four layers. I believe "most" free applications like the free Eagle version only open up two layer board files.

Unfortunately, Eagle cannot open those .brd files at all, they have completely different format.

#7 teachop

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Posted 23 January 2011 - 02:45 PM

I still think it would be nice for a hobby board to have a .pdf of the component locations on the downloads page...




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