Input file
BRD
- Full Name: EAGLE Circuit Board Format
- Developer: CadSoft
Output file
LBR
- Full Name: EAGLE Library Format
- Developer: N/A
What is BRD file?
The .BRD file extension, also known as the EAGLE Circuit Board file, is a board layout design file used by EAGLE—a schematic editor and PCB (Printed Circuit Board) routing tool. The BRD file is divided into two sections; the Schematic Editor section which holds the circuit components’ information, the layer connectivity and the pin routing, and the Board Layout Editor section which holds all of the graphic shapes and other design elements. [ ⏩ ] BRD file extension
What is LBR file?
The LBR file extension is associated with PKLITE. This compressed archive format was developed by Central Point Software. It is fairly simple to compress and decompress as no compression checksums are employed in the archive format. It also does not require any additional program running on the PC in order to open the file. The LBR extension works with a variety of older DOS-based software/s due to its tight memory constraints. [ ⏩ ] LBR file extension
How to convert the file from BRD to LBR?
To successfully convert the BRD file to LBR, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.BRD). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case LBR (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than LBR).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. BRD to LBR. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting BRD files to LBR files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension LBR, while before this step we had the BRD file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new LBR file, or not.