Re: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread Dan McMahill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a picture of what I'm trying to accomplish : http://www.geocities.com/fazool1_2000/geda/sample.pdf Switching frequency is around 500KHz - edges may be fast, but I'm not yet sure how fast. I've been simulating with 1ns rise/fall time, but that number isn't based

gEDA-user: Re: AVI video gschem

2006-12-03 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
>>http://ronja.twibright.com/video/gschem.avi I noticed, that Karel used the device attribute for the specific model of the transistor. Is this the recommended practice? In my schematics this I always attached this kind of specific information to the value attribute. The device attribute would be

Re: gEDA-user: Gschem printing style chang (20060123 to 20060906)

2006-12-03 Thread Mike Jarabek
Hi, On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 22:52 -0400, Ales Hvezda wrote: > Hi, > > >The schematics printed with gschem used to have a very elegant and polished > >style. Now, after having upgraded to the latest and greatest version, I > >notice > >that graphic lines (including component symbols) are much ligh

gEDA-user: Putting FreeDog on IRC ..... was: Free Dog Gathering on Wed Dec 6th

2006-12-03 Thread Stuart Brorson
Greetings, gEDA-users -- Regarding the upcoming Free Dog meeting this Wednesday (Dec 6th): Can those not in Cambridge, MA, USA participate via IRC? Ales and I did some recon at the Cambridge Starbucks this morning. Unfortunately, they only have evil corporate pay-through-the-nose wireless net

Re: gEDA-user: Is a new update of the gEDA CD planned for the future?

2006-12-03 Thread Stuart Brorson
Hi -- Yes, getting a new CD published is on my "to do" list. Perhaps I'll get around to it in time for next Wednesday's Free Dog meeting? Maybe. I won't promise. ... but I do plan on getting to it soon! Stuart On Sun, 3 Dec 2006, David Briscoe wrote: Hi, This is my first post to this

Re: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: volts. Maybe in my design, since the drive voltage is over the max, I can simply use resistor dividers to get the gate voltage to a reasonable level. It may change the turn on time though. It's not turn-on time you have to worry about it's the relationship of when t

Re: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan, are you saying that the Cgd will allow the fast transient input to couple to the output? Clamps may be able to reduce some of the slewing of your 50V signal that you'd end up with if you just used a divider. Maybe clamp each vgs to the opposite rail ... your fet

Re: gEDA-user: Added PCB output to gnetman

2006-12-03 Thread Bill Cox
On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 09:36 -0600, John Griessen wrote: > > Bill Cox wrote: > > Hi, John. > > > > Here's a nearly complete first cut. > > > > Hello Bill, > > Here's what I've noticed so far: > > John Griessen Thanks, John! I've made your suggested changes, and checked them in. You can get

Re: RE: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread carzrgr8
Here's a picture of what I'm trying to accomplish : http://www.geocities.com/fazool1_2000/geda/sample.pdf Switching frequency is around 500KHz - edges may be fast, but I'm not yet sure how fast.  I've been simulating with 1ns rise/fall time, but that number isn't based on any hard data. In simu

Re: gEDA-user: Is a new update of the gEDA CD planned for the future?

2006-12-03 Thread Peter Clifton
you might like to try apt-get install geda-gschem and other packages you want (If you use aptitude, you can see them all geda-...) I'm not sure about Kubuntu, but they are there in Ubuntu. Peter Clifton ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.s

gEDA-user: Is a new update of the gEDA CD planned for the future?

2006-12-03 Thread David Briscoe
Hi, This is my first post to this list, even though I've been a subscriber for around 2 years. I have just installed Kubuntu Linux and downloaded the latest gEDA CD from Stuart Brorson's site. Before I attempt to install the gEDA CD, is there going to be a newer version released in the near future?

Re: gEDA-user: Vias/Masked

2006-12-03 Thread DJ Delorie
> Is there a command in PCB that I can issue that gets back the old > masked vias so the tin is available on the fabricated boards? View solder mask, then 'k'. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/lis

gEDA-user: Vias/Masked

2006-12-03 Thread Mike Hansen
In older versions of PCB the vias were masked so that the via's tin was exposed on the boards. In the latest version of PCB my vias are not masked and thus when the boards are fabricated the vias are insulated with the green film. Is there a command in PCB that I can issue that gets back the

RE: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread Mike Hansen
Most mosfets are driven with typically 10-12V for the gate drive. I have never seen a mosfet with a 50V gate drive requirement. If high side drive is a concern here you may want to look at bootstrap devices that are available to drive the high side mosfet. It's unclear to me exactly what you

Re: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread Dan McMahill
gene glick wrote: I want to build a mosfet inverter that also translates voltages. Pretty much standard mosfet inverter, nmos is lower transistor, pmos is upper transistor. The upper pmosfet Vsource is +5VDC, and mosfet Vsource is -5VDC. But, the gate voltage is +/- 50VDC. Although the gate

Re: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread John Luciani
On 12/3/06, gene glick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to build a mosfet inverter that also translates voltages. Pretty much standard mosfet inverter, nmos is lower transistor, pmos is upper transistor. The upper pmosfet Vsource is +5VDC, and mosfet Vsource is -5VDC. But, the gate voltage is

gEDA-user: Free papers about pcb router theory

2006-12-03 Thread Stefan Salewski
http://engr.smu.edu/~mitch/ftp_dir/pubs/cnf.ps Do you know others? ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread carzrgr8
I thought about this a little more.  The Vgs specs in the data sheet must be the maximum allowed before blowing up the gate insulation.  A lot of the ones I looked at had Vgs around +/- 20, or sometimes +/-40 volts.  Maybe in my design, since the drive voltage is over the max, I can simply use r

gEDA-user: mosfet design help

2006-12-03 Thread gene glick
I want to build a mosfet inverter that also translates voltages. Pretty much standard mosfet inverter, nmos is lower transistor, pmos is upper transistor. The upper pmosfet Vsource is +5VDC, and mosfet Vsource is -5VDC. But, the gate voltage is +/- 50VDC. Although the gate voltage exceeds th