This guide will explain how to take a Logo (or other simple image), that is in a digital format (BMP, JPG, PNG, etc), and turn it into a 2-tone Silk Screen Overlay in Altium Designer. The guide was created with AD10 but the process should be similar for other versions of Altium. This is a repost from this source: Preparing Your Image The idea behind preparing your image is that whatever goes on the PCB can really only be a two-toned image (ie: black and white). As a result, to get the best looking PCB image possible, you need to do a little image work up front to ensure that your image works with the import process. You can use a number of image processing programs to do this work.

Draw board pdf crack freeware online. I am using SparkFun's FT232RL USB-to-Serial Breakout PCB (EAGLE Files) for example purposes. Add Tip Ask Question Comment Download Step 1: Create Graphics for Your PCB Layout. PCB Logo Creator Script The Altium Designer Scripting Examples folder, available for download from here, contains an example script, the PCB Logo Creator Script, that will convert an image onto the PCB.

The instructions below are provided for GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) version 2.6. GIMP is a cross-platfrom, free and open-source image manipulation program similar to Photoshop. Visit the official to learn more about it or download a copy. • Select your starting image.

The best starting images are 2D images with only solid colors (ie: no gradients). For this example I’ll use a fairly “ideal” image.

How to build a magneto magnetizer pdfescape. Here is a project I have had on the back burner for a while. Skip navigation Sign in. Wico EK Magneto Repair magnet charger 16of - Duration: 12:24. Shopdogsam 18,639 views. Pulse the magnet, then pull it out and measure the field. Then increase the voltage, remeasure, etc until it would not get a increase in strength. Any excess voltage => higher peak current was wasted as the goal was to saturate the magnet. That was how the machine was set for the run. Magneto Magnet Charger Bought the Gingery book on 'How to build a Magneto Magnetizer'. The author spouts how cheap the magnetizer can be made. Of course, the book was written in 1994. In order to build the magnetizer, coils of wire must be wound. The book prescribes a crude, hand-cranked coil winder design, to be fabricated from wood, cardboard, and common hardware. In case you are wondering, a magneto is a small, mechanical generator of electric sparks that works by exploiting the principles of electromagnetism. The following includes tips on how to build and use a homemade magneto magnet charger. The cores of the electromagnet are made of soft bar steel one inch in diameter and three inches long. They are secured to a steel base measuring 5-1/4 by 1-1/2 by 5/8 inch and are provided with pole pieces measuring 1-3/4 x 1-3/4 by 5/8 inch.

You can make others work, it just takes more hands-on detail work. To begin with I’ve chosen this dashing picture of our beloved plumber/hero, Mario. • Open GIMP and Open our Mario image using the File->Open dialog (or by hitting Ctrl+O). • Firstly, lets try to convert this image in one step. Select Image->Mode->Indexed from the menu bar. • Choose “Use black and white (1-bit) palette” radio button and click “Convert” • This process essentially converts the image to gray-scale, puts a threshold somewhere and says “everything lighter will be White, everything darker will be Black”.

In this case the image lost a lot of detail (not to mention there are a few blemishes represented by white dots in the black fields. This doesn’t look good so we’re going to help the Converter make better decisions. • To maintain contrast we’ll lighten the areas we want to become white that previously got thresholded to black • Choose White (or any light color such as Yellow) for your foreground color • Select the Bucket Fill Tool (Shift+B) • Fill in areas, such as his Blue overalls, that you’d like to end up being White. - Pay attention to, and use, the “Threshold” option under the Bucket Fill Tool Options.

I ended up using a Threshold of 125 for the Blue and Red areas and a Threshold of 50 for the Brown boots. • I left his face and hair alone because it turned out the way I wanted to the 1st time. You could fill these without any negative consequence. • Now convert the image to 2-tone again 1. Select Image->Mode->Indexed from the menu bar. • Choose “Use black and white (1-bit) palette” radio button and click “Convert” • This looks much better but there are a few blemishes that we’d like to fix since the resulting logo will be, potentially, used many times. Using GIMP’s Pencil Tool we can fix any errant black or white dots.

Select the Pencil Tool (N) • Choose a “Circle (01)” 1 pixel Brush from the Pencil Tool Options • Choose White (or Black) as the foreground color • Fix any areas you don’t like • That’s it! We’re now ready to move on to the next step to import our prepared image into Altium. Importing the Image into Altium • Download the. • Extract the Scripts folder to “C: Program Files (x86) Altium AD 10 Examples ” (or whever your Altium Examples folder is located) • Run the PCBLogoCreator 1. If you’re going to be using this script a lot, load the PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR Script Project into your Altium Workspace. This can be done in 1 of 2 ways: - Navigate to “C: Program Files (x86) Altium AD 10 Examples Scripts Delphiscript Scripts PCB PCB Logo Creator” and double click “PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR”. • Start Altium, select File->Open and navigate to PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR and click “Open”.

• If you only want to use it sparingly you can do the following: 1. Start Altium • Click the “DXP” button in the upper left corner & select “Run Script” • Click “Browse” in the lower right and navigate to the PCBLogoCreator.PRJSCR file. Select it and click “Open”. • Now, regardless of which method you just chose to use do the following 1. Click the “DXP” button in the upper left corner & select “Run Script” • Click “RunConverterScript” and hit “OK” • Now a new PcbDoc should have opened and a “PCB Logo Creator” dialog box appeared. Click “Load” and select the.BMP file you prepared above.