So unless you have professional experience on your side, you may want to start with learning layout for a more basic PCB first and soldering, then jump to this after a few months. It is indeed true that the Gerber files can be sent out for manufacturing without any editing on your part HOWEVER, without SOME knowledge of how PCB design/layout works, you would have trouble assembling/soldering the PCB and/or getting it to work. You can either do this manually yourself if you have a good soldering iron and a hot air gun (although some of the ICs such as in the Raspberry Pi are difficult/impossible to hand-solder), or you can have assembly houses do it for you. You would still need to have the PCB assembled, meaning have the parts/ICs soldered on to the PCB. If you need to do this in low quantities (thus reduced cost), you can try a service like BatchPcb or Seeedstudio there are many others. If you send this set of Gerber files, usually around 8 specific ones out of them, to a PCB manufacturer, they will make the PCB for you. Example open-source projects include Raspberry Pi, Beagonebone, Beagleboard, and a host of others Google them. ![]() Search for Gerber files specific to the board you are seeking. There are many open-source computer/motherboard projects that provide PCB layout output files (called Gerber files) for no cost on their websites.
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