gEDA-user: pcb DRC
I am busy completing a board with the latest version of PCB and ran the DRC - the new DRC is awesome! I know it has been around for a while, this is just the first time I've used it and it is such a pleasure compared to the old version. I can actually find the violations quickly and easily. Thanks to all the people who contributed to it. IIRC, thanks especially to Peter C. Regards, Duncan -- Turn ideas into products - http://www.engineersimplicity.com The Art of Engineering - http://blog.engineersimplicity.com ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Toporouter update?
John Griessen wrote: Anthony Blake wrote: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Windell H. Oskay wind...@oskay.net wrote: Also, can anyone think of a new name for the toporouter? There is already a commercial tool called the 'toporouter', which I don't want us to be confused with. untangler runtangler ( route untangler) grouter (gnu router) grout grout grout... groroute(gnu re-ripping organic route tool) growroute (gnu re-arranging organic wire router) goroute (gnu organic route tool) routeknot ( route knot want not) greenlight sigroute vinerouter liquidroute streamroute flowroute lamroute (laminar algorithm mapping router) ziptrace curveroute wraproute John There's a man with a lot of time on his hands! Jim. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
gEDA-user: Distributed Symbols for Complex Devices(like Processors). How?
Hello guys, I'm creating a symbol for an AT91SAM9G45 ARM9 Processor from Atmel. The device has 324 terminals. I need to split the symbol into several 32pin sub-symbols like SAM9G45A, SAM9G45B... and so on using a single shared footprint. What's the better way to achieve this with gschem? Another question I have is: My schematic is divided in several files, since the documentation let me think it's possible to make a single PCB from multiple schematics. Is it possible to print a single postscript schematic file from the multiple *.sch input files directly from gschem? That's all for now. Many thanks for your help. Hope to be able to contribute to the project in the near future. Best Regards, Felipe. -- Felipe De la Puente Christen Mobile Phone: +56 9 93199807 MSN/GTalk : fdelapue...@gmail.com ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: pcb DRC
From: Duncan Drennan [mailto:duncan.dren...@gmail.com] Subject: gEDA-user: pcb DRC ... the new DRC is awesome! ... and it is such a pleasure compared to the old version. I can actually find the violations quickly and easily. I agree that the new version is great to use and makes it so much easier to find mistakes! The only thing I miss from the old version is how the coordinate locations were displayed. When you are working on a big multilayer board with planes, it can sometimes take a minute to find the blue or maroon square the picture is showing. Keep up the great work with PCB and gEDA! Andrew Miner ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Distributed Symbols for Complex Devices(like Processors). How?
sub-symbols like SAM9G45A, SAM9G45B... and so on using a single shared footprint. What's the better way to achieve this with gschem? Commonly done. Create multiple symbols, give each the same refdes, they get combined by gnetlist automatically. Is it possible to print a single postscript schematic file from the multiple *.sch input files directly from gschem? You mean a single pdf, or multi-page ps? What most people do is generate one *.ps for each *.sch, then merge them with a psmerge-type utility, usually from within a makefile or script. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: GSoC -- Not accepted :-(
I have recently joined another open-source, open-hardware group working on self-replicating rapid prototypers ([1]RepRap) they were also hoping to get supported in this years Google Summer of Code. And I think that they have a worthy project (and have already addicted me to trying to make and improve my own designs), but they started building an application way to late, and also missed the boat this year. Maybe next. There is still a HUGE amount of development to go. Mike References 1. http://www.reprap.org/wiki/WebHome ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: GSoC -- Not accepted :-(
On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 11:23 -0700, Mike Bushroe wrote: I have recently joined another open-source, open-hardware group working on self-replicating rapid prototypers ([1]RepRap) they were also hoping to get supported in this years Google Summer of Code. And I think that they have a worthy project (and have already addicted me to trying to make and improve my own designs), but they started building an application way to late, and also missed the boat this year. Maybe next. There is still a HUGE amount of development to go. Mike Perhaps you could teach them the virtues of using Open Source software to make their replicating robots.. gEDA (or KiCAD) over Eagle any day! Reliance on commercial / cripple-ware tools where a open alternative is available is a big fail for such an otherwise great project. Regards, -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: pcb DRC
I agree that the new version is great to use and makes it so much easier to find mistakes! The only thing I miss from the old version is how the coordinate locations were displayed. When you are working on a big multilayer board with planes, it can sometimes take a minute to find the blue or maroon square the picture is showing. Double-clicking moves the cursor to the violation. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
gEDA-user: Need boards for toporouter tests
Hi, If you have boards containing a mix of routed and unrouted nets, and they currently don't work with the toporouter, could you please send them to me to use as tests (privately is OK, if you don't want them public)? I've just started working on the code to handle existing traces and planes in the toporouter, and I'm going to need a range of boards for testing at some stage today.. It would really help if people sent some in, so I don't have to spend an hour or so scratching around the net for test cases.. Cheers, Anthony ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Toporouter update?
John Griessen wrote: kai-martin knaak wrote: Anthony Blake wrote: greenlight --- I'd strongly suggest to invent a new word rather than take an existing buzzword. The term greenlight currently yields 1.5 Mio google hits. A greenlight router would be almost as invisible to internet searches as pcb ;-) Oh, it wouldn't be that bad. Pcb is the tool's category name as well as being a common term. Searching for greenlight router would narrow down just fine. I would have liked to use the name 'greenstone', which has special meaning for NZ.. it is a type of jade only found here. Unfortunately my uni supervisor has already used that name for a project: http://www.greenstone.org/ Maybe we could call it the greenstone router? Cheers, Anthony ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Need boards for toporouter tests
On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 12:54 +1300, Anthony Blake wrote: Hi, If you have boards containing a mix of routed and unrouted nets, and they currently don't work with the toporouter, could you please send them to me to use as tests (privately is OK, if you don't want them public)? Feel free to try my DSO board (fully routed) from http://www.ssalewski.de/DAD.html.en -- maybe a too big challenge? That took me about 500 hours for manually routing, some day your router will manage it in a few minutes. Would be great! (Currently the board does not contain the layer colors, you may pick them from http://www.ssalewski.de/tmp/PCB-DAD-Colors) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Need boards for toporouter tests
Stefan Salewski wrote: Feel free to try my DSO board (fully routed) from http://www.ssalewski.de/DAD.html.en -- maybe a too big challenge? That took me about 500 hours for manually routing, some day your router will manage it in a few minutes. Would be great! Thanks.. thats a nice layout =) Probably a little too complex for the moment, but something to aim towards. Cheers, Anthony ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: picking a googlized name
Message: 8 Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:59:37 +1300 From: Anthony Blake [1]tony...@gmail.com Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Toporouter update? To: gEDA user mailing list [2]geda-u...@moria.seul.org Message-ID: [3]4ba40fe9.1020...@googlemail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed John Griessen wrote: kai-martin knaak wrote: Anthony Blake wrote: greenlight --- I'd strongly suggest to invent a new word rather than take an existing buzzword. The term greenlight currently yields 1.5 Mio google hits. A greenlight router would be almost as invisible to internet searches as pcb ;-) Oh, it wouldn't be that bad. Pcb is the tool's category name as well as being a common term. Searching for greenlight router would narrow down just fine. I would have liked to use the name 'greenstone', which has special meaning for NZ.. it is a type of jade only found here. Unfortunately my uni supervisor has already used that name for a project: [4]http://www.greenstone.org/ Maybe we could call it the greenstone router? Cheers, Anthony If you want to be found by google then follow the lead of the TV show numb3rs. Type that in and the show pops right up. Maybe we could set up a test page with some candidate names in the keywords to see what happens with a search. In today's world you pick the names that the search engines like or nobody will ever find you John Eaton References 1. mailto:tony...@gmail.com 2. mailto:geda-user@moria.seul.org 3. mailto:4ba40fe9.1020...@googlemail.com 4. http://www.greenstone.org/ ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Toporouter update?
Anthony Blake wrote: John Griessen wrote: kai-martin knaak wrote: Anthony Blake wrote: greenlight --- I'd strongly suggest to invent a new word rather than take an existing buzzword. The term greenlight currently yields 1.5 Mio google hits. A greenlight router would be almost as invisible to internet searches as pcb ;-) Oh, it wouldn't be that bad. Pcb is the tool's category name as well as being a common term. Searching for greenlight router would narrow down just fine. I would have liked to use the name 'greenstone', which has special meaning for NZ.. it is a type of jade only found here. Unfortunately my uni supervisor has already used that name for a project: http://www.greenstone.org/ Maybe we could call it the greenstone router? I like that name. There is also a greenstone which is unique to the Ely, Minnesota (USA) area. http://www.tc.umn.edu/~smith213/new_page_9.htm -Dan ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
Re: gEDA-user: Toporouter update?
Dan McMahill wrote: Anthony Blake wrote: I would have liked to use the name 'greenstone', which has special meaning for NZ.. it is a type of jade only found here. Unfortunately my uni supervisor has already used that name for a project: http://www.greenstone.org/ Maybe we could call it the greenstone router? I like that name. Sounds good, and if a NZ stone, its a natural. Reminds me of a rock name from near me with local meaning, a kind of granite that is grey with blue flecks found near Llano Texas called llanite. Llano is named after Spanish explorer Coronado's staked plain where he drove stakes to mark distance on the American great plains which swwep down to near Llano. LLano is bumpy hilly though -- the end of the plains. John ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
