On Sunday 16 December 2007, Werner Hoch wrote: > A TO-92 footprint can contain a bipolar transistor, thus the > pin names would be B,C,E.
or E B C or B E C etc. > If it's a FET the pin names should > be G,S,D. or G D S (sometimes arbitrarily) or D S G etc. > For a 7805 voltage regultater it would be GND, Vin, Vout. or Vin GND Vout. For a real challenge, try dealing with this on a production line, after getting substitute parts because the original is no longer available. It's especially challenging when someone in the stock room mixed them in the same bin. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user