{
  "id": 8715857,
  "title": "7 Checks to Make Before Sending Gerber Files to PCB Manufacturing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/7-checks-to-make-before-sending-gerber-files-to-pcb-manufacturing",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-20T15:27:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/terje_helgesen_bf02cbbf96/7-checks-to-make-before-sending-gerber-files-to-pcb-manufacturing-4b4k"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Exporting a PCB design is not the same as verifying the manufacturing package. Your board may look correct in the original design application, but the fabricator normally works from exported Gerber, drill and supporting files. A missing outline, displaced drill file or incorrect layer can therefore survive unnoticed until somebody inspects the actual deliverable. The safest habit is simple:…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}