On Jul 17, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Traylor Roger wrote: > Gang, > I've now finished my third board with gschem/gaf + PCB. I post > these pictures as an encouragement to others. I was was discouraged > at times learning the tools but with the help and support available > I finally pushed out some good stuff. I've posted pictures of two > of them for your enjoyment. > See: http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > The larger board is a project I did for someone else (for money!). > It contains low level analog amplification, a ATMega48, a Li-Ion > battery charger/controller, 3.3V buck-boost converter, LCD driver > and CC2500 2.4Ghz transceiver chip. The Li-Ion charger and buck- > boost > converter are in DFN packages with footprints I made myself. The > other footprints are adaptations of others stuff or my own. You > can see the 2.4Ghz "meander" antenna top right. Its done in 4 > layers, > dedicated ground plane, split 5 and 3.3 volt power planes. It was > manufactured by Advanced Circuits and stuffed locally by a contract > firm. They had nothing bad to say about any footprints or the > layout. > Worked almost right away. Note red wire and missing pullup. Keeps me > humble.
Green wires are less humbling, i suggest them. > > > The smaller board is a AVR USB programmer. Its 1.5 x 2.5 inches. > It can program 3.3 or 5V parts. It can also run the target board > from the USB port or the boards 3.3 volt regulator. It uses the > usbasp code design and bit-banged USB protocol. I love it. > > Looking back, I'm really glad I decided to use the gEDA tools. I've > learned a lot. Thanks to all of you who have helped me. To any who > are still sitting on the fence, go for it! You can do it. > > Thanks again, > > Roger Traylor > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user