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There are some interesting discussions on the topic: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eda/image-to-gerber-converter/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eda/image-to-ger
by stn8188 3y ago
There are some interesting discussions on the topic:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eda/image-to-gerber-converter/ https://www.eevblog.com/forum/eda/image-to-gerber-converter/
You can also bring an image into Kicad and redraw a circuit. All this of course assumes no inner layers on the board.
- tpmx 3y agoThanks! Looks like this very specific area needs some open source love though. I'll look into if I think I can contribute here.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoActually kicad has a bitmap importer. You could pull a bitmap in to the copper layer. It’s often used for silkscreen logos but it’s not limited to that.
- tpmx 3y agoIt's fittingly called the "Bitmap to Component Converter": https://forum.kicad.info/t/reproducing-a-pcb-from-scanned-image-bmp-jpg-etc/12106/7 https://forum.kicad.info/t/reproducing-a-pcb-from-scanned-im...