gEDA-user: TOP-3 package

2007-03-03 Thread Igor2
Hi, Local electronics store sells BD249 and BD250 with TOP-3 packages. The datasheets I found on the web say BD249 is SOT-93. I can't find footprints for either pkg in PCB or gedasymbols.org; does anyone know an equivalent footprint I could use? If there is none, is there a standard source to acqu

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] long list of minor fixes

2007-03-03 Thread Igor2
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007, Ben Jackson wrote: >On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:25:36PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: >> >> While on a trip to visit relatives, I got some time to tinker with >> PCB. I found time to fix/tweak/add many things... > >Sounds like what happens when *I* "go on vacation". Nice job. > >

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] long list of minor fixes

2007-03-03 Thread Ben Jackson
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 10:25:36PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > While on a trip to visit relatives, I got some time to tinker with > PCB. I found time to fix/tweak/add many things... Sounds like what happens when *I* "go on vacation". Nice job. > Added "lock names" setting: > Added "only name

Re: gEDA-user: Re: gEDA-dev: google SOC

2007-03-03 Thread Dan McMahill
John Griessen wrote: Dan McMahill wrote: Getting back to the critical short term question, are there interested students and mentors? After reading the FAQs about google's program, I can probably commit enough time to do some good work if I get a stipend, since my rent is low... If inter

gEDA-user: [pcb] long list of minor fixes

2007-03-03 Thread DJ Delorie
While on a trip to visit relatives, I got some time to tinker with PCB. I found time to fix/tweak/add many things... Made flags type big enough to hold PCB flags. Added hash table for parameter lookup in action.c Moved thindraw code out of lesstif hid. Added "thin draw polygons" flag to tople

Re: gEDA-user: SSRs vs. discrete triacs

2007-03-03 Thread DJ Delorie
> I need to switch <1A @ 24VAC loads, Been there. http://www.delorie.com/house/furnace/ I use an opto-triac and an alternistor. Alternistors handle the two polarities with different silicon, which helps with inductive loads, which is what I've got. No additional discretes are required, except

gEDA-user: ERP Systems

2007-03-03 Thread Bob Paddock
A couple of people had asked what Open Source ERP Systems where around. http://freshmeat.net list 48 of them. SourceForge has many others. I had played the most with http://www.compiere.org/ but found it to be week in the area that I was most interested in, material management. Linux support f

Re: gEDA-user: Re: new boards!

2007-03-03 Thread DJ Delorie
> Did you discover the bridges by close optical inspection, or during > test runs of the board? Optical. I haven't powered the board up yet. I use both the mag visors and the microscope to check them; the bridges are pretty easy to see. ___ geda-use

Re: gEDA-user: new list: metrology

2007-03-03 Thread Bob Paddock
On Saturday 03 March 2007 16:38, Dave McGuire wrote: >I've just started up a new mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > which is intended to support discussions regarding metrology (the > science of measurement) and metrology-related equipment, with a focus > on electronics. Think passive A

Re: gEDA-user: C question

2007-03-03 Thread Ben Jackson
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 11:57:36PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anyway, I was trying to get the compiler to generate 2 versions of > an initialized array: ROM, and RAM. Declaring something const might do it, although some architectures like AVR address ROM and RAM differently, so you have

Re: gEDA-user: C question

2007-03-03 Thread carzrgr8
Thanks. I threw the question to the group because I know there's plenty of knowledgable people reading willing to answer it. Anyway, I was trying to get the compiler to generate 2 versions of an initialized array: ROM, and RAM. The processor I am using has more ROM than RAM, so placing the

gEDA-user: new list: metrology

2007-03-03 Thread Dave McGuire
Hi folks. I have permission from Ales to post this announcement here. I've just started up a new mailing list, [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is intended to support discussions regarding metrology (the science of measurement) and metrology-related equipment, with a focus on electronics.

Re: gEDA-user: SSRs vs. discrete triacs

2007-03-03 Thread Tuck Hartshorn
.> On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:34:35 -0500 > > Randall Nortman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any reason to prefer the integrated > > MOSFET SSRs? I'm starting to use the modular OAC3 style SSR's made by a number of mfgrs. I bought a bunch on Ebay quite cheap. They are, of course, bigger. Abt

gEDA-user: Re: gEDA-dev: google SOC

2007-03-03 Thread John Griessen
Dan McMahill wrote: Getting back to the critical short term question, are there interested students and mentors? After reading the FAQs about google's program, I can probably commit enough time to do some good work if I get a stipend, since my rent is low... If interested, I'll write a stude

Re: gEDA-user: C question

2007-03-03 Thread John Griessen
John Coppens wrote: Though I can't image the reason to put this question on this forum, Many of the systems made with gEDA tools have processors, and some of those are microcontrollers that GCC compiles C code. It's germain to coding gEDA tools and the systems developed with them too. I fi

Re: gEDA-user: SSRs vs. discrete triacs

2007-03-03 Thread John Coppens
On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:34:35 -0500 Randall Nortman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there any reason to prefer the integrated > MOSFET SSRs? The biggest advantage of FET SSRs is the possibility to switch off when you want. Simple Thyrister/Triacs mostly stay on for the rest of the cycle. At 24V, y

gEDA-user: SSRs vs. discrete triacs

2007-03-03 Thread Randall Nortman
I need to switch <1A @ 24VAC loads, and I've been looking at various DIP-package SSRs. The cheapest ones are MOSFET-based with no zero-cross circuit. Triac-based SSRs with zero-cross circuits are more expensive. But comparing this to building my own out of an opto-triac (for isolation) and a dis

Re: gEDA-user: C question

2007-03-03 Thread John Coppens
On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:31:06 +0100 Philipp Klaus Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "static" has two meanings: The one you mentioned for variables declared > inside a function, the one Ben Jackson mentioned for variables declared > outside a function. Isn't internet great? Collaborative learning

gEDA-user: Re: home made hot plate

2007-03-03 Thread Levente
I too succesfully built my own design of a reflow oven, and it works like a charm... http://web.interware.hu/lekovacs/reflow_oven/index.html -- Levente http://web.interware.hu/lekovacs ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.

Re: gEDA-user: C question

2007-03-03 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Coppens schrieb: > 'Static' is normally reserved to specify the data should never be > destroyed by the compiler if the compiler thinks it's not necessary any > more (eg. to make data 'static', i.e. available between function calls to > the same

Re: gEDA-user: home made hot plate

2007-03-03 Thread Dan McMahill
Dave N6NZ wrote: Seeing DJ's hot plate photo brought to mind a link I once saw, where a guy built a home-brew SMT hot plate. I can't find the link, but as I recall, he used a few low-ohm high-watt power resistors epoxied to a piece of aluminum sheet. He drove it with a 0-30V bench supply and