Re: gEDA-user: question about how to get pads on my circuit board for power and gnd...

[Kai-Martin Knaak]

Ed Hartnett wrote:

>  Do I add a connector on gschem 

yes.


>  and use it instead of then GND/5V symbols? 

no.
You add just one connector and connect it with the gnd-symbol.
Then you connect the gnd symbol wherever you need GND potential. 


>  Or do I associate a footprint of HEADER2_1 with each of them?
>  Or with one of them?

The footprint should be associated with the connector symbol.

See the attached example.
Although I used symbols and footprints from the default library of 
gschem and PCB, I'd recommend to also look at gedasymbols.org .

(@Ales: Yes, I am working on the beginners lib. Progress is slow
though. See my recent activity at gedasymbols)

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Re: gEDA-user: question about how to get pads on my circuit board for power and gnd...

[Ed Hartnett]

   On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 7:46 AM, DJ Delorie <[1]d...@delorie.com> wrote:

   > I am trying to make my first PCB and I have selected a super-simple
   circuit
   > to start with, a 555 astable circuit. It's a single-sided board, and
   I'm
   > going to etch it myself - something I've always wanted to try.
   >
   > But what footprints do I use for the GND and VCC connections? I guess
   I
   > would just like these to be two pads on the PCB. Is there a way to
   tell
   > gschem this? Or do I just manually make that change in the pcb
   program?

 Usually, you would add one two-pin connector, or two one-pin
 connectors, for the power connection.  There are a range of
 footprints
 available for this - if you just want to solder wires to it,
 HEADER2_1
 is sufficient - it's just two pins on 0.1" centers.


   Would this be done in gschem? Or in pcb?
   In gschem I have a symbol for gnd, and there is no footprint associated
   with it. There is another symbol for +5 V. Do I add a connector on
   gschem and use it instead of then GND/5V symbols? Or do I associate a
   footprint of HEADER2_1 with each of them? Or with one of them?
   Thanks for answering beginner questions!
   Ed

References

   1. mailto:d...@delorie.com


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