Jason, One of our friends has Allegro and we were able to convert, so good there. However, I noted that the files on GitHub are for A1, is there a board set package for A2, or errata from A1 to A2 that can be shared so that we can be sure to understand what was left off?
I am having some IO pin issues right now, and it just seems like my A1 board is missing a signal or two to the cape header. Plus I can see that the JTAG port is not right, two wires perhaps needed? And if you are happy with this, I can send you the Altium project when done, and you can post that up? Share? On Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 9:01:41 AM UTC-7 jimvr wrote: > Jason, > > We also are interested in the Altium file export for the BBAI Rev A2, if > you can do that export. According to what I read, there are two methods > from this Altium post: > https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/allegro-import-ad > > *Allegro Binary PCB Design Files* > > The Import Wizard can directly import and translate Allegro PCB files > (*.brd) to Altium Designer PCB files (*.PcbDoc) when the Wizard has local > access to an Allegro PCB editor installation – that is, when a licensed > copy of Allegro PCB is installed on the same machine as Altium Designer. > > The Wizard uses Allegro’s included file conversion capabilities to > configure the design data for processing by the importer. > > *Allegro ASCII Extracted Design Files* > > Altium Designer’s Import Wizard can import and translate ASCII-based > Allegro PCB files (*.alg) that have been created from a licensed Allegro > PCB installation. The ASCII PCB design files are extracted from native > Allegro PCB files (*.brd) by Allegro’s included file converter > (extracta.exe), which is called by a special batch file supplied with > Altium Designer. > > Since Allegro binary-to-ASCII conversion is a self-contained file process, > the Allegro installation does not need to be accessed by Altium Designer. > The Allegro installation can be on any machine, and is only used to > generate suitable ASCII PCB design files. > We have many Altium seats here, if you wanted to "use" a license to try > the first method, I can create a temporary login to our license for Altium, > however you will need to download and install Altium on the same machine. > If you can create the .alg file set, that may help us that want to view > the board in Altium. Altium has no problem with the schematic, that was a > native import within Altium. > > Please let us know! You guys did a great job with that board design, and > the support from your team, stellar all around. Thanks. > > On Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 9:32:41 AM UTC-7 Jason Kridner wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 10:35 AM Ramakrishna Bachimanchi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> my name is Rama Bachimanchi and I am an electrical engineer working at >>> Jefferson Lab (non-profit research organization). I have come across the >>> amazing work you guys are doing and was looking into possibly modifying one >>> of your designs to replace an obsolete ioc we are using (it's a kontron >>> pc/104 no longer in production). I was able to import the schematic into >>> Altium, but not the pcb design files. I am getting an error when tried to >>> view the files using the free allegro pcb viewer. Would it be possible to >>> update the files and also upload the ascii file, so that we can import this >>> into altium. We are planning to replace the expansion connectors with >>> pc/104 connector. If we get to work and finish the design, we will most >>> likely share it with you(not sure, if this is useful for the community). >>> Please let me know >>> >> >> >> I'm not sure what ASCII file is needed. If I knew, I'd be happy to export >> it. >> >> For conversion to KiCAD, I created a cds2f text file: >> https://github.com/beagleboard/beaglebone-ai/blob/master/HW/cds2f_BeagleBone-AI.txt >> >> When the KiCAD version is available, you might find it easier to import >> that into Altium: >> https://www.altium.com/solution/kicad-pcb-design-software-free-download >> >> >> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rama Bachimanchi >>> >>> >> >> -- >> https://beagleboard.org/about - a 501c3 non-profit educating around open >> hardware computing >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/ab426bad-286d-423c-bbd1-6cbc75298c38n%40googlegroups.com.
