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Error open .brd file on Allegro Free Physical Viewer 17.4

cambam2121

Hi, I'm getting this "Error(SPMHDB-238): The design is corrupted. It may have been copied from a different architecture using ASCII mode; copy using binary mode," when opening a .brd file for the adafruit FT232H. Adafruit directs you to download the PCB files which are on github. I'm surprised it can't read the .brd file and am looking for suggestions on how to solve this. I honestly don't know what "copy using binary code" mean. On github, you can copy the raw contents. I've put in on a txt file but not sure what I can do with this. Thank you!

(https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-FT232H-Breakout-PCB) Link to files

  • oldmouldy
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    According to the Adafruit site: "PCB files for the Adafruit FT232H Breakout. The format is EagleCAD schematic and board layout" so you would need to use the Eagle Translator in PCB Editor to be able to open the data in PCB Editor - that does assume that the source files are in a format that the Eagle translator can handle.

  • cambam2121
    0 in reply to oldmouldy

    Hi, I'm using the free cadence viewer FYI. But I opened the OrCAD Capture application and I have the option to import eagle translator schematic. It ask for a .sch file, I have and selected this but the issue is it couldn't execute. Error was "couldn't execute "C:\Cadence\PCBViewers_2019\tools\bin\EagleImport\Eagle2Cp.exe": no such file or directory." Is there a limitation to free viewer? I'm digging in and can't figure out why the "Eagle Import" or "Eagle2Cp.exe" isn't in my files/directory. I have the pdfs of these to explain how to do what I did but it doesn't help trouble shoot for my error.

  • oldmouldy
    0 in reply to cambam2121

    The PCB Viewers have no design data processing functionality, you would need a licensed product installation to be able to translate any data.

  • cambam2121
    0 in reply to oldmouldy

    ok, I might be out of luck then. I'll need to find someone with the licensed product so they can translate the data, thanks

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