X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.4 at av01.lsn.net Message-ID: <53D1A7FA.2090704@ecosensory.com> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:42:34 -0500 From: John Griessen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Subject: [geda-user] Chip shooter to be open design and work with Eagle files -- Why not PCB? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com I just heard that the smoothieboard developer is going to figure how to connect a smoothieboard to drive a pick and place circuit assembly bot. He's going to use Eagle because it is easy compared to working with gerber data. So, what are the arguments for working with PCB again? Postscript output, NC drill file, centroids? I've been so busy on non electronics work for two years, I forgot...