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YouhavetheoptiontosendyourEAGLE*.brdfileusingourConverttoGerberservicewhenyouorder
yourcircuitboards.Justchecktheconversionoptionduringtheorderprocessandwewillproducethe
filesneededformanufacturing.Ifyouprefertoconvertyourownfilesfollowtheseeasystepsto
produceandpreviewyourownGerberanddrillfilespriortoordering.
1.)DownloadtheSunstoneEAGLE_5.0_Cam.zipfromSunstoneDownloads.
2.)Openthezipfileandextractthecamfilesto:C:\ProgramFiles\EAGLE5.0\cam
Ifyouconvertyourownfilesyouwillneedtoknowthelayerextensionnamestosendfilesforyourpcb
order.Thelayernameswillbeyour[boardfilename]+Sunstoneextensionweprenametheextensions
foreasylayeridentitytorunwithourCamsetupprocess.
IndividualCamfilesarecustommadetogeneraterequiredfilesetsforeachpcbserviceofferedonour
SunstoneCircuitsInternetsite:www.sunstone.com
Inadditioneachscriptproducestop&bottomsolderpastefiles;thesearenotrequiredbyourservice.
Solderpastefilesaregenerallyneededforyourassemblyprocess.
Topsolderpaste=Name.tps
Bottomsolderpaste=Name.bps
ManufacturingDataFilesProducedfromCAMFiles:
2LBasicSunstone.cam:Containsdataforbasic2layerpcbnosilkscreen/nosoldermask.
Youwillget3gerberextended(RS274x)formatfiles:
componentside=Name.top
solderside=Name.bot
outline=Name.oln
2LPlusSunstone.cam:Containsdatafor2layerpcbwithsilkscreenandsoldermask.
Youwillget6gerberextended(RS274x)formatfiles+2solderpastefiles:
componentside=Name.top
solderside=Name.bot
silkscreencomponentside=Name.slk
solderstopcomponentside=Name.smt
solderstopsolderside=Name.smb
outline=Name.oln
4LPlusSunstone.cam:Containsdatafor4layerpcbwithsilkscreenandsoldermask.
Youwillget8gerberextended(RS274x)formatfiles+2solderpastefiles:
componentside=Name.L1(top)
midlayer1=Name.L2(mid1)
midlayer2=Name.L3(mid2)
solderside=Name.L4(bottom)
silkscreencomponentside=Name.slk
solderstopcomponentside=Name.smt
solderstopsolderside=Name.smb
outline=Name.oln
6LPlusSunstone.cam:Containsdatafor6layerpcbwithsilkscreenandsoldermask.
Youwillget10gerberextended(RS274x)formatfiles+2solderpastefiles:
componentside=Name.L1(top)
midlayer1=Name.L2(mid1)
midlayer2=Name.L3(mid2)
midlayer3=Name.L4(mid3)
midlayer4=Name.L5(mid4)
solderside=Name.L6(bottom)
silkscreencomponentside=Name.slk
solderstopcomponentside=Name.smt
solderstopsolderside=Name.smb
outline=Name.oln
8LPlusSunstone.cam:Containsdatafor8layerpcbwithsilkscreenandsoldermask.
Youwillget12gerberextended(RS274x)formatfiles+2solderpastefiles:
componentside=Name.L1(top)
midlayer1=Name.L2(mid1)
midlayer2=Name.L3(mid2)
midlayer3=Name.L4(mid3)
midlayer4=Name.L5(mid4)
midlayer4=Name.L6(mid5)
midlayer4=Name.L7(mid6)
solderside=Name.L8(bottom)
silkscreencomponentside=Name.slk
solderstopcomponentside=Name.smt
solderstopsolderside=Name.smb
outline=Name.oln
ExcellonDrillfilewillbenamed[name].drd
Toollistfilewillbenamed[name].dri
SelectULPbuttononthemenuortyperunonthecommandpromptline.
Clickenter
Arundialogwindowwillopen
Selectdrillcfg.ulp
Clickopen
ThisDrillConfigurationdialogboxwillopen
Youmayleavethedefaultmm(orselectinch)
ClickOK.
TheEditDrilldialogboxwillopen.
ClickOK
Note:SunstonedoesnotedittoolsizesinEAGLEkeepingcustomersdefaultdesignsettings.
SavefileGeneratedfileswillbenamedsameas=Name.brdfileandsavedintooriginatingfolder.You
canleavethefilenameasisorrename.
[AllfilesextractedwillautomaticallysaveintothefolderthatyourEAGLE=Name.brdoriginatedfrom]
Thesavewindowwillclose.ClickontheCAMProcessorIcon(4thiconfromtheleft,
Greendoublefilmmenuicon).
TheCAMProcessorwindowwillopen.
ToextracttheNCDrill
Click:File/Open/Job
TheCAMScriptfolderwillopen
Selecttheexcellon.camjob
ClickOpen
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AftertheexcelloncamjobopensClickprocessjobWhentheprocessingwindowstops,extractionof
theNCDrillfileiscomplete.
ExcellonDrillfilewillbenamed[yourjob].Drd
KeepthiswindowopentoproducetheGerberfiles.
ToextractGerbers,
Click:File/Open/Job
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SelecttheCAMScriptfortheSunstonepcbservicetypeyouordering(ourdemoisfora6Layer)
Clickopen
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Noticethetabsacrossthetopofthedialogbox,thesearethelayersusedtobuildyourdesign.
EachtabrepresentsaGerberlayerthatwillbegenerated.
Tip:resizewindowtoseealltabsorusetherightarrowtoscrollover.
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Beforeproceedingyoushouldcheckthesilkscreenandinnerlayersandforproperlayerobjectsetup.
ClickontheSilkscreenTab(notapplicableto2LBasic).
SilkscreenLayerObjectsInformation:
Clickonthetabforthatparticularlayername.Intheexamplebelow,SilkscreenTophasbeenchosen
andthelayerobjectlisttotherightwillshowwhichlayershavebeenturnedon.
Chosendefaultlayerobjectswillbeshadedwhenwindowisopened.
Turnalayerobjectoff/onbyclickingonthelayerobject(s).Whenyouclickonalayer,theblue(or
shaded)highlightboxwillshowyouitischosen.Theabsenceoftheblue(orshaded)boxindicatesthose
layersareturnedoff.
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SilkscreenLayerObjectsInformation:
IfSunstoneisconvertingyourfileslistthelayerobjectsusedtobuildthesilkscreenlayerforthe
SilkscreenTopand/orSilkscreenBottomwhensubmittingyourboardfile.
Note:Wewillprocessusingourdefaultlayerobjectsfromourgenericscripts;wewillnotinclude
additionallayerobjectsunlesscustomerspecifieswhensubmittingfiles.Ifnolayerobjectsare
listedourscriptwillgeneratetheselayers:Forexample:
TopsilkscreenisL21,L25(sameastPlace+tNames)
BottomsilkscreenisL22,L26(sameasbPlace+bNames)
Example:
InnerLayerObjectsInformation:
ClickonMidlayer1(innerlayer1)tab
SelectedislayerobjectL2+L17,L18(signallayer+padsandvias).Youwillneedtoconfirmyour
midlayerroutelayerselectionsforallinnerlayers.
IFanylayerobjectnamehas$(like$GND)deselectPads&Vias;(L17&L18).Addingpads&viastoa
groundlayerwillcreatepadsstackedontheclearancesandcauseshortingtogroundareas.
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MidLayersaretreatedassupplylayersiftheirnamebeginswiththe$character.Sincethelayeris
treatedasanegativelayerandeverythingdrawnonthatlayerrepresentsnoncopperareas,youneed
toremembernottoselectPadsandViasduringtheGerberProcess.
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RepeatforallMidlayerTabs.(Ifyouaresendingyour*.brdforconversionnoteyourinnerlayerand
silkscreenobjectstoputontheorderformsowecanconvertyourfilesforyou).
Whenyouaredonecheckingallthelayertabs,generateGerbers.
ClickProcessJob
Whenconversioniscomplete,closeEAGLE,itwillpromptyoutoeithersaveornotsavechanges.
Itisrecommendednottosavechanges.Itisadvisedtomakechangeswithineachlayoutratherthan
edittheCAMscript.(Youcandownloadcamscriptstoreplacewhenneeded).
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Savingthefiles:Gotofolderthatyouwereconvertingfrom.
MakeanewWinZipfileanddropallthefilesintothezipfile.
Namethezipfilethe[yourpartname].zip
Yourfilesarenowreadyforpreviewandordering!
Pretooling(forSunstoneCamOperatorsonly):
Namethezipfilethe[customersordernumber]EAGLE.zip.Import
GerberfilesorzipfileandviewinCAMMaster.
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AdditionalTipsandResources:
EAGLEfilesareGerberRS274xformat(embeddedapertures)noaperturefile/listneeded.
FileNaming:Useshortfilenames(6charactersorless)foreasierfilemanagementandfillingoutforms.
UncheckMirroring:Doublecheckthebottomsidelayers(copper,soldermask,silkscreenetc.)arenot
settomirroring.IntheCamprocessorclickthelayertabanduncheckmirroring.
SilkscreenTextSettings:TheEAGLECamprocessorwillautomaticallyoutputasvectorfont,otherfonts
usedcouldcausetexttoexpand.AlwaysuseVectorFonts!Fontfix:OpenEAGLE,onthemenubar
chooseOptions/UserInterfaceandselecttheoption"ALWAYSVECTORFONT".Problemsmayexistifthe
userisusingadifferenttextfont.UsingtheVectorFontonlywillallowyoutoseeexactlyhowyourtext
willbedisplayed.(TextscanhaveVector,Proportional,andFixedfonts,however,EAGLEwilluseits
internalVectorfontonlyforoutput).
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ExcellonDrillErrors:Whenrunningthedrillcfg.ulpchoosemminsteadofinchthenrunthe
Excelloncamjob,thisshouldcorrectnoholesselectedtypeerror.
ExcellonDrillfilewillbenamed[name].drd
DrillToollistfilewillbenamed[name].dri
Drilldrawingfilenamed[name].drlnotusedforprototypeorders.
ProducingBOMFile:Fromthemaincommandprompttyperun,choosebom.ulporclick
ULPbuttononmenu,choosebom.ulp
EAGLEResources:WerecommendusingtheEAGLEwebsitefordesigntipsandadditional
scripts/downloadstohelpwithyourboardlayout.Trytheironlineuserforumtofindanswers.
EAGLEuserforum:http://www.cadsoft.de/forum.htm
EAGLEusersfilesharing&downloads:http://www.cadsoft.de/download.htm
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