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🚧 WIP !🚧

main steps
extract kicad
import into easytrace
export nc
check with ncviewer
feed it into candle
mill board
solder
test

My instructor asked to replace the SMD pins with pin headers, because they’re more robust

So here’s the previous boars but with pin headers:

Because the drilling mill we’re using is 1.8 mm, the instructor suggested changing the pads to circular shape and a diameter of 2mm:

Here’s the board after all the tweaks.

I ran the Design Rules check to make sure everything is OK, and we only have warnigs which are not important for the milling step:

//TODO: document the export from kicad

We’re using EasyTrace5000 to process the exports from Kicad

//TODO: missing a few steps here