Graphical interface to create Veroboard G-Code
rjo__
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I use veroboards to make small circuits. The biggest problem with this is finding an easy way to cut the copper strips.
the zip file contains a macro that generates g-code. To use the macro, you will need to download ImageJ... a cross platform image processing program by Wayne Rasband at NIH. http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/
To use the macro, open ImageJ. Then open the macro. Run the macro from the Macros menu.
A dialog asks you to enter title, size and whether you want mounting holes. It then generates a picture... which you select by clicking on the image title bar.
You then left click where you want your cnc machine to cut the copper. When you are done, close the "log" window and save the G-Code file that appears in the upper left of your screen.
Set your cnc home location in the "gutter" to the left of your first column of rows midway between the first row of holes in your final board and the row just above it.
Open the g-code in mach3 and you are good to go. If you don't select mounting holes... the end result will be a fully trimmed circuit board.
If you do select mounting holes... (right now) you have to trim the piece when it is done.
I use a 45degree bit that comes to a sharp point... whose actual technical name escapes me:)
Samples included.
Rich
the zip file contains a macro that generates g-code. To use the macro, you will need to download ImageJ... a cross platform image processing program by Wayne Rasband at NIH. http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/
To use the macro, open ImageJ. Then open the macro. Run the macro from the Macros menu.
A dialog asks you to enter title, size and whether you want mounting holes. It then generates a picture... which you select by clicking on the image title bar.
You then left click where you want your cnc machine to cut the copper. When you are done, close the "log" window and save the G-Code file that appears in the upper left of your screen.
Set your cnc home location in the "gutter" to the left of your first column of rows midway between the first row of holes in your final board and the row just above it.
Open the g-code in mach3 and you are good to go. If you don't select mounting holes... the end result will be a fully trimmed circuit board.
If you do select mounting holes... (right now) you have to trim the piece when it is done.
I use a 45degree bit that comes to a sharp point... whose actual technical name escapes me:)
Samples included.
Rich
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