Is there a way to read the design files without a windows machine
FiveFunnyThree
Berlin
So far I really appreciated the open source approach that OpenBCI takes. However I haven't been close to a windows machine in a decade or so, as I think it violates the FOSS/FreeSoftware paradigm.
Do you have ported the design files to any open source PCB design program, or at least to something that does not require a windows machine ?
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Mirco, hi.
There are multiple tutorials online for running Design Spark under Wine on Linux:
https://www.google.com/search?q=design+spark+for+linux
https://designspark.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213438565-How-to-install-DesignSpark-PCB-on-Linux-with-Wine-
... and other similar pages found with the search above.
Another approach may be to import the Design Spark files into another PCB design app.
https://www.google.com/search?q=import+export+designspark
William
You can view the schematics without any apps.
https://docs.openbci.com/Cyton/CytonSpecs/#openbci-cyton-board-circuit-schematic
https://docs.openbci.com/assets/images/OBCI_V3_32bit-Schematic-1930fe4303e214795b38b75ba7b35b75.jpg
Thanks. I'll try the porting thing myself. Wine is far from being a stable solution unfortunately..
It may be stable enough to do the export. Alternately just find a Windows machine for 15 minutes for the export.
In case anyone is interested: I downloaded windows 11 virtualbox image from microsoft (its free and works for a few moth until it expires) and then used designspark in the VM.