Thanks for the advice Matt.  Particulary the part about not knowing 
how accurate other people's footprints might be.

BR,

Randy

--- In [email protected], "Matt Brocklehurst" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Randy
> 
> Usually your best bet is to just fire up KiCad and make the 
footprint
> yourself, datasheets usually are quite good at pad layout and 
dimensions -
> I'm always a bit worried when using other peoples footprints as you 
don't
> know how accurate they are! And trust me, a wrong footprint can 
cause no end
> of pain when it comes to board manufacture - I've just been through 
this
> with SOT23 transistors on a board, stupidly i numbered the pads 
wrong and
> its taken two attempts with the board manufacturers to try and get 
the
> transistors rotated to get it working - luckily id only ordered 15 
boards
> this time.
> 
> The answer - quadruple check everything!
> 
> Matt.
> 
> On 27/07/07, wrgb2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >   Hello,
> >
> > I am in need of a 72 pin (36x2) card edge (female) connector 
symbol and
> > outline. Can anyone point me to one?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >  
> >
>


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