qr2gerber

A QR code generator for gerber (PCB) file format.

This small software converts a text string to a QR code and generates the corresponding gerber file for inclusion on a PCB.

Examples

For generating a QR code containing https://github.com/RandomReaper/qr2gerber of size 10.0 mm x 10.0 mm, and saving the result to /tmp/qr2gerber.test: java -cp qr2gerber-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar org.pignat.app.qr2gerber.Cli "https://github.com/RandomReaper/qr2gerber" 10.0 /tmp/qr2gerber.test

The resulting QR code as seen by gerbv (an open source gerber viewer):

Detail of a real board featuring a QR code generated using qr2gerber:

There is also a ugly GUI (org.pignat.app.qr2gerber.App):

Compiling (command line using maven)

git clone https://github.com/RandomReaper/qr2gerber.git
cd qr2gerber/
mvn package
mvn exec:java -Dexec.args='"https://github.com/RandomReaper/qr2gerber" 10.0 /tmp/qr2gerber.test'

Compiling (eclipse)

• Get eclipse (for java)
• Add the m2e plugin (Maven integration)
• clone this repository.