DJ Delorie wrote: > I've been pondering the "your first board" chapter of the getting > started guide. I want to start small enough that it can be done > without confusion or overload, but not so small that it's useless. > Maybe I should do a few steps. > > First board: two-pin jumper, resistor, LED. All stock symbols and > footprints, single layer board, no vias. > > Second board: 555 blinky light. Adds custom symbol/footprint for > power jack, maybe djboxsym for 555 (the stock one has pins in > inconvenient places). I can include the custom files in with the > docs, too. This can be done SS with no vias. > > Third: 555 SMT blinky. Same thing, but mostly SMT, with a ground > plane on the back. This introduces SMT, vias, and thermals. > > Comments? Ideas?
Something functional, like a three terminal voltage regulator? Use it to power your 555 circuits. -- Darryl Gibson N2DIY Ubuntu, free software for everybody. (TM) RLU X 182668/379552 “Arms are the only true badges of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave.” -- Andrew Fletcher, A Discourse of Government with relation to Militias (1698) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user