Monday, 30 March 2020

Making the Lyra panel

I've had lots of emails asking how I made the panels for the Lyra Synth.
These weren't made by me.
However, you can make them yourself.The .brd files are here:

A BRD file is a CAD file created by EAGLE
The faceplate is actually a PCB.
Here is what the file looks like when opened in EAGLE
 You can also import designs from Eagle into Altium, EasyEDA or KiCad


 The pic above is using KiCAD
 oNCE you have imported these files into your CAD program of choice, you will need to export them as Gerber files.

Using KiCAD as an example:
select File - 
select Plot


 Select Generate Drill files



You need to compress the final files into one zipped folder.

The files can now be sent to your PCB manufacturer.
I'll use JLCPCB as an example.
Use the quote now button

Upload the zipped file then
Check in the Gerber Viewer.

You are just about there.
Tweak colour, etc for your personal taste.


Let me know is there are any mistakes, errors or omissions.
Cheers J

Links
 + Lyra 8 build - part 1 
 + Lyra 8 Part 2
 + Lyra 8 Part 3 is here
 + Making the Lyra Panel face plate

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