ICRS PCB Ruler

A 15cm PCB ruler designed for Imperial College Robotics Society. It can be easily adapted/rebranded using the KiCad project in this repository.

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KiCad Project

To open this project in KiCad 7.0 clone this repository and open the .kicad_pro file in Ruler_KiCad. Next open the PCB editor and go to Preferences > Manage Footprint Libraries > Add Existing (the folder icon below the list of libraries). Then navigate to Ruler_KiCad/ruler_footprints and click "select folder". This is in order to get the custom footprints used in this project.

Ordering

The gerber files needed for ordering can be found in Ruler_gerbers.zip. Simply upload this .zip file to any PCB manufacturer's website.

The recommended specifications for ordering this PCB are as follows:

• 2 Layers
• 1.6mm thick FR4
• Blue soldermask
• White silkscreen
• ENIG surface finish
• <= 1 oz Copper weight
• Tented vias (doesn't matter as there are no vias)
• +- 0.2mm Board outline tolerance
• Remove order number

Using JLCPCB's pricing, the cost of ordering x number of boards has been plotted in Pricing.xlsx.