[Moved]: Need help designing a PCB

[gunlocators]

I have a circuit thats based on Proto Stripboard. I built a couple and they work as designed. however I would like a cleaner board so was thinking express pcb or other place to make me some boards up. They have a designer however I am on a MAC and its for PC. If anyone knows of someone willing to help or can do it for a small fee let me know. I want to take the below circuit and add a DPDT relay as shown. I will also have another board I already have jumper wired to this board. This is what the circuit looks like... Any help or referrals will be appreciated...


Layout without the relay
[IMG]https://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af20/WestTexasFishingAdventures/Single_9V_battery_Beck_device11_zpsb32bf798.jpg

 

[DeadBugEngineering]

Re: Need help designing a PCB

Hi gunlocators,

here are two CAD tools you might want to use to design your PCB:
1) Free version of Eagle: **broken link removed**
2) Kicad: **broken link removed**

Both provide a mac version.

If you want to collaborate with someone you might want to read about how to write a BOM (bill of materials).
http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2776
Your collaborator needs the "manufacture part number" or the "specification" (think footprint, value, tempco, etc...) of all your components.



If it's an open hardware project I might be interested in helping you,
what does you circuit do?

Cheers,

DBE

 

[gunlocators]

Re: Need help designing a PCB

PM Sent with BOM and gerber file I did but think it may be wrong first time using PCB software

 

[ArticCynda]

Re: Need help designing a PCB

I did but think it may be wrong first time using PCB software

On the contrary, this is a fairly simple circuit that would greatly benefit from a PCB construction due to its many different components, AND it's a great opportunity for you to learn PCB design -- an essential skill for electronicians!