cyclone-pcb-factory/Software/README.md

Software for Cyclone-PCB-Factory  
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**To-Do list**  
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- Create simple program to provide Z probing support for any Gcode
- Graphical User Interface (development in progress in the mail-list)
- Note: The timeout for commands need to be increased.

News  
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- _TO-DO update this list_
- First Z probing results are promising, read: <https://plus.google.com/u/0/113437723819360223498/posts/9VCHqqnirj6> and <https://plus.google.com/u/0/113437723819360223498/posts/89W2cv1fgQW>  
- Added the python probing script (v0.1) and Octave/Matlab visualizer  

Software: previous existing work  
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Here is a compilation of links that have inspired the software controller (specifically the Z probing technique):  

- <http://www.re-innovation.co.uk/web12/index.php/en/blog-75/181-making-pcbs-with-a-cnc-machine>  
- <http://phk.freebsd.dk/CncPcb/>  
- <http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Touch_Probe>  
- <http://things.onshoulders.org/software/PcbSubtraction.php>  
- <http://www.cnczone.com/forums/pcb_milling/82628-cheap_simple_height-probing-5.html>  
- <http://drillcity.stores.yahoo.net/>  
- <http://www.drewtronics.net/>  

- **Examples of the PCB probing method**  
 - onshouldersTv: Open Source Circuit Boards at Home <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-5SRtwx3kY>  
 - PCB routing using the Probe method <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwgT9sCL8fs>  
- <http://pcbgcode.org/>  
- <http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pcb2gcode/index.php?title=Main_Page>  
- Very interesting toguether with cam.py: <http://code.google.com/p/pygerber2gcode/>  
- <http://replicat.org/generators>  
- For arranging panels: <http://ruggedcircuits.com/gerbmerge/>  

License  
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**Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons (<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>)**  

Authors (Software)  
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- **Carlos García Saura (Carlosgs <http://carlosgs.es>)** (original python scripts)  
- _GUI work in progress by various members of the mail-list_  


Disclaimer  
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This hardware/software is provided "as is", and you use the hardware/software at your own risk. Under nocircumstances shall any author be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use this hardware/software, even if the authors have been advised of the possibility of such damages.