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Dealing with multiple boards?

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Hi all. I've been using Eagle for a few years, but mainly for small, stand

alone boards. Now I'm working on a project that will require multiple small

boards that all interconnect. I'm thinking about upgrading to a version

that supports multiple schematic sheets so each board can have its own

schematic. What's the best way to deal with the multiple boards though?

Presumably when you create a design with multiple schematic sheets all of

those parts end up in the board file too right?

 

Thanks!

 

Josh

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  • On 11/30/2009 9:44 AM, Josh wrote:

    Hi all. I've been using Eagle for a few years, but mainly for small, stand

    alone boards. Now I'm working on a project that will require multiple small

    boards that all interconnect. I'm thinking about upgrading to a version

    that supports multiple schematic sheets so each board can have its own

    schematic. What's the best way to deal with the multiple boards though?

    Presumably when you create a design with multiple schematic sheets all of

    those parts end up in the board file too right?

     

    Thanks!

     

    Josh

    Best thing to do is have separate sch/brd files for each board.

     

    You could do it all in one sch/brd pair, but you will always have

    airwires between all the common signals on the separate brds, which

    would drive me crazy so I do it in separate files.

     

    If you do it all on the same brd, just surround each brd with lines on

    the dimension layer, and space them about 50mils apart so you can have

    the board house build them and tab route between the boards.

     

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  • On 11/30/2009 9:44 AM, Josh wrote:

    Hi all. I've been using Eagle for a few years, but mainly for small, stand

    alone boards. Now I'm working on a project that will require multiple small

    boards that all interconnect. I'm thinking about upgrading to a version

    that supports multiple schematic sheets so each board can have its own

    schematic. What's the best way to deal with the multiple boards though?

    Presumably when you create a design with multiple schematic sheets all of

    those parts end up in the board file too right?

     

    Thanks!

     

    Josh

    Best thing to do is have separate sch/brd files for each board.

     

    You could do it all in one sch/brd pair, but you will always have

    airwires between all the common signals on the separate brds, which

    would drive me crazy so I do it in separate files.

     

    If you do it all on the same brd, just surround each brd with lines on

    the dimension layer, and space them about 50mils apart so you can have

    the board house build them and tab route between the boards.

     

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