Laying Tracks on PCB - English

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• Gerber files

  Q1) What is Gerber files? Why do we need the circuit in the gerber files format? How we will use it later, yes you did etching on FR$ Copper cladded sheet but how using Gerber files? Q2)What is ground plane? Why it's placed outside the board outline? What's the role of it in the circuit?Q3)What do we mean by f.silks or say silk layer why we need the in the circuit?Q4)Do we mean f.cu will place the tracks on front side and b.cu on the bottom side of the pcb? Why we need either of them to be distinguished based on the role? Many times I have seen the tracks on front side and many times on the bottom side. Do we differentiate their need based on the space requirement of components to be placed on the pcb?Q5)Why we left the ground terminals without any tracks, how they will get the ground supply from the outside/external ckt.?

  10-11M 50-60S sc256356
  
  
  Answer last updated on: June 2, 2022, 9:45 a.m.

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• Reading and writing material

  madam/sir,I know this is practical subject i.e. eSim but can we have some study or reading writing material such as what is gerber file, FSilk  etc we need to know. I am not asking you should provide everything but can something be given to us such as the writing and reading materials available during our college times in practical subjets such as lab journal. We can write many thing here to make notes but this subject is a little bit different i.e. a practical one not like JAVA or C++ where along with lectures we write codes and theories. Here theory is based on the practical knowledge. Please helps the students to do something.

  03-04M 20-30S sc256356
  
  
  Answer last updated on: May 25, 2022, 2:36 p.m.

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• A.C circuit pcb

  I am creating a pcb design for my solid state relay so in my circuit i already have a phase and neutral but i want to create a proper 3 pin pcb by providing an earth connection to it

  08-09M 10-20S Dharm_007
  
  
  Answer last updated on: March 13, 2020, 11:39 p.m.

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• tracks and ground

  I have designed a different circuit ,not in spoken tutorial, but i have doubt. I make tracks in that but they dissapear. Even when i make the boundary for ground. that appears in very light pink color instead of green. and when I do fill or refil. the whole things goes and only the foot prints are left and the edge.cuts margin.. It is same as the one before laying tracks. What should i do?

  02-03M 30-40S shubhangim
  
  
  Answer last updated on: March 3, 2020, 2:16 p.m.

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• Loading gerber file in Windows 10

  How to load gerber file in window 10?

  09-10M 20-30S jayshree123
  
  
  Answer last updated on: Sept. 22, 2019, 7:10 p.m.

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• Creation of gerber file

  I drew the gerber file, inside the diagram, I don't get fill or refilled areas zones

  01-02M 0-10S kyikyikhaing
  
  
  Answer last updated on: July 29, 2019, 4:44 p.m.

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• Ctrl+Alt+T key is not working on windows 7

  Dear Sir,To create Gerber file Ctrl+Alt+T key is not working on windows 7.  Please let me another solution..

  09-10M 30-40S priti.rajput21
  
  
  Answer last updated on: July 12, 2019, 4:21 p.m.

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• LAYING TRACKS ON PCB

  I am unable to layout the tracks on PCB.  It is even not showing any error through drc.

  00-01M 0-10S swati.vashist19@gmail.com
  
  
  Answer last updated on: July 11, 2019, 10:03 p.m.

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• I am not able to launch gerbview application

  i am not able to launch gerbview application. iIt says gerbview not found

  09-10M 20-30S sarika.bukkawar@sakec.ac.in
  
  
  Answer last updated on: July 11, 2019, 10 p.m.

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