Martin Maney wrote: > So I did a smallish circuit full of discrete transistors and Rs and Cs, > and found usable footprints for all of them, but the pins from the > transistor symbols - npn-2 and pnp-2 - didn't match the numeric pin > names on the footprints. Most gschem and pcb users make a library of their own symbols with the details of parts they use -- a heavy symbol library. The distribution library is not very complete, and gedasymbols.org is where some have put up their symbols and pcb footprints to help choose a library of what you need.
I came across Bill Wilson's discussion of > transistor pinouts: > > http://furrr.two14.net/cgi-bin/dwww/usr/share/doc/geda-doc/wiki/geda_transistor_guide.html > > At first I didn't care for it, having used other tools with a more > heavyweight symbol approach, but I've decided he's on to something. > I'll talk about a half-formed thought about a possibly better > compromise between lightweight and heavyweight symbols, but for the > moment I'm just wondering if (1) Bill's approach is generally approved > of, Sure, it's what's feasible for the distribution made by volunteer action. But then, it's not what the experienced users stay with... You will want to develop a library to suit your own aims. John Griessen -- Ecosensory Austin TX _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user