PCB ROUTER

[cjgaus]

Ok so i found a machine that i liked and started on the hardware. The machine is from this site www.cq.cx/pcb-router.pl . I am having a few probs programming the .cpp files he has supplied i was curious if anyone knew any software i could use with this? or if anyone could help me compile the cpp files.

[jp_dt]

If you've never compiled something before you might consider going with something that's pre-compiled for you. If you want to compile it and are having trouble, the best person to talk to is the guy who wrote it. You'll need to get a compiler first since windows doesn't come with a compiler built in like Linux does. There are other freeware preview tools available as a binary, pre-compiled, distribution. CNCSimulator comes to mind.

As the site you linked to says, Eagle CAD has a free version with some limits on board size, and there's a user script, also free, that will make the gcode you need to isolate the traces.

...Then you'll need another bit of software, Controller, to interpret the g-code and generate the pulses and direction signals on your parallel port....Sorry if I'm repeating information you already know. I run my router with EMC which is Linux based so I can't really give any good recommendations on Win based controllers.

User script, isolation routing gcode tool:
http://www.brusselsprout.org/PCB-Routing/

Eagle CAD:
http://cadsoft.de/

Good Luck!