misc issues gerber/brd/oshpark
s0len0id opened this issue · 3 comments
First off, thanks for creating and documenting such an awesome rc-light-controller! I'd been looking for a programmable led controller for a while for my 1:10 drifter and Slash. So accidentally stumbling on the mark1 video made my day :)
While ordering the mark4 at OSHPark i got missing board outlines on the gerber zips, and missing texts in the brd file previews. Even when i tried to reproduce the nicely shared mark2 Shared Project.
Now, i know about software, but i'm a complete noob in electronics, but i think i figured it out: :)
for OSHPark the Gerber zips were missing a specific outline file, and the brds have their text in the tValues layer instead of the tNames.
So, i updated a CAM file from OSHPpark to take for the:
Top Silkscreen: 27 tValues instead of 25 tNames
Bottom Silkscreen: 28 bValues instead of 26 bNames
..and regenerated the gerber files for the 3 PCBs. They all look perfect now in the OSHPark preview, as well as in http://mayhewlabs.com/3dpcb. If you want to take a look, i guess i could do a git-pull-request, or simply mail them or something?
thanks,
/Sander.
Hi Sander!
Thanks for your awesome concise report. And sorry for the trouble...
I have fixed the issues and updated the Gerber ZIP archives on Github. They now seem to load correctly in OSH Park.
Regarding the issue with tNames/tValues: Usual practice is to put the component names on the silkscreen. However, for small, simple boards I prefer to have the values on the silkscreen as it makes populating the boards by hand easier. Therefore the OSH Park CAM file needs to be adjusted for the light controller project. Somehow I saved the original OSH Park CAM file on Github, not the modified version. This is now fixed.
Once more, thanks for highlighting the issues!
If you need any help with programming/configuring the light controllers don't hesitate to contact me at laneboysrc@gmail.com
kind regards, Werner
Fixed in commit 49d735e
Great! I've put OSHPark to work :)