It has already been done, minus a couple of small changes. I suggest you start with what has already been done and cleaned up. A basic ASCII conversion has a lot of things that require clean up.
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#LATEST_PRODUCTION_FILES_.28C.29 Gerald On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 4:11 PM, John Syne <john3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi James, > > You have two options here. Ask Gerald to provide the ascii version of the > PCB or contact your local Allegro or Altium user group and ask someone to > do the conversion for you. > > Regards, > John > > > > > On Mar 7, 2017, at 1:23 PM, jam...@cladnetwork.com wrote: > > Hi John, > > Thank you for the advice on the conversion process. > > I created this post after attempting to convert the .brd file available on > the official BeagleBoard wiki using Altium, Ltd's instructions on how to do > so (see here > <http://techdocs.altium.com/display/ADOH/Moving+to+Altium+Designer+from+Cadence+Allegro+PCB+Editor>, > I am using AD16). Converting to ASCII (.alg) is not possible because I do > not have Cadence Allegro (the Altium, Ltd-supplied batch file appears to > use Allegro to open "file.brd", and then save it as "file.alg"). > BeagleBoard does not seem to supply the design files in this format. I have > yet to find the files in ASCII format at this point. > > -James > > On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 4:02:26 PM UTC-5, john3909 wrote: >> >> Converting Orcad/Allegro files to Altium is pretty easy if you can get >> the Allegro files in ascii format. There are several issues you have to >> clean up, especially the copper pour areas which I advise to delete and >> just recreate these areas. Some of the components included some artifacts >> which need fixing. The universal database that links Schematic and PCB >> layout will have some inconsistencies and these need to be resolved. >> >> I converted the original BBB files which took me a few days to complete. >> My advise is generate Gerber files after the final conversion and compare >> those to the original Gerber files to ensure you haven’t made any mistakes >> in the conversion. >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 7, 2017, at 11:13 AM, jam...@cladnetwork.com wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I am the lead electrical engineer for a small company based in New York >> State. We have been using both the Beaglebone Green and Beaglebone Black >> internally for hardware development purposes for the past couple of months >> for an upcoming product. We are early in the process of transitioning to a >> production-grade single board hardware design for said product. >> >> I am looking for CAD files for the Beaglebone Green to use as a starting >> point in the board design process. Can anyone here point me towards for >> provide me with Altium Designer files for the BeagleBone Green? We do not >> use Cadence Allegro to design our boards, and have no way of converting the >> available OrCAD/Allegro CAD files to an Altium Designer compatible format. >> >> I would much rather not have to redesign a complicated & nontrivial board >> layout for an open-source hardware product such as this, especially given >> that the open-source nature of BeagleBone was the most motivating factor in >> choosing as a development and prototyping tool. >> >> Note that we are not modifying any part of the BeagleBone Green's design >> (except removing the 2X23 female headers and grove sockets). We are using >> it as a base and adding additional functionality via peripheral components >> that are integrated on the same board. >> >> Thank you for any help that you can provide. >> >> I look forward to hearing back, >> James >> >> *Disclaimer: I fully understand that these files would come as is, with >> no warranty or guarantee of suitability or merchantability for any purpose. >> >> **There is a separate thread for BeagleBone Black revC related responses. >> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/beagleboard/d586a995-398d-4de8-ad07-a2e9b880b393%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d586a995-398d-4de8-ad07-a2e9b880b393%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/0e33abca-bcb6-4827-8123-48e73b53e32b%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/0e33abca-bcb6-4827-8123-48e73b53e32b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/A9A16055-5ACD-47C8-B8EC-4E69489F37AC%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/A9A16055-5ACD-47C8-B8EC-4E69489F37AC%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Gerald ger...@beagleboard.org http://beagleboard.org/ gcol...@emprodesign.com -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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