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? (and yes, I skipped the "installing" section for now - that needs people familiar with each OS to contribute) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user