Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf development snapshot 1.1.2-20070818 released!

2007-08-21 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Wednesday 22 August 2007 02:23:52 Ales Hvezda wrote: > [snip] > > >Release notes: TBD > > http://geda.seul.org/devel/v1.1/1.1.2/gaf-1.1.2-relnotes.html I miss the old style of notes :P That's a bit of a huge impenetrable block of text; would it be possible to either split it up in some way?

gEDA-user: list of cell types emitted by icarus synthesis?

2007-08-21 Thread Adam Megacz
Does anybody know where I might find a comprehensive list of the EDIF cell types emitted by icarus' synthesis back-end? I'd like to try to get an idea of where the finish line is in terms of supporting all the cell types it might throw at my stuff. I've got the router in pretty good shape at thi

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf development snapshot 1.1.2-20070818 released!

2007-08-21 Thread Ales Hvezda
[snip] >Release notes: TBD http://geda.seul.org/devel/v1.1/1.1.2/gaf-1.1.2-relnotes.html -Ales ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/lis

gEDA-user: [OT]gold - electroless, flash or immersion

2007-08-21 Thread Philipp Klaus Krause
I'm a bit confused about the different types gold surface finish. AFAIR immersion gold is thicker than the other two, but I don't know more. How do they compare in price and reliability? Philipp ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http:

Re: gEDA-user: L-shaped pad; Comments in fp file?

2007-08-21 Thread DJ Delorie
> OK, so for these two overlapping entries, Clearance should be zero, > and the Mask should be (at least) the full width of the pads? They should each get the right clearance/mask values as if you were putting in just one pad. PCB will do the right thing with them.

Re: gEDA-user: L-shaped pad; Comments in fp file?

2007-08-21 Thread DJ Delorie
> Is the correct way to create such pads to make two short, fat lines of > different lengths side by side so that their widths make them just > touch? Is it OK for pads to overlap? Overlapping is fine. > Does the file format for defining footprints support comments? It seems > this would be

Re: gEDA-user: L-shaped pad; Comments in fp file?

2007-08-21 Thread John Luciani
On 8/21/07, James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Luciani wrote: > > On 8/21/07, James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Question 1: > >> > >> Regarding those "structural" pads I asked about yesterday (by the way, > >> thanks for all of the great answers!), a Molex surface mount co

Re: gEDA-user: L-shaped pad; Comments in fp file?

2007-08-21 Thread James Moody
John Luciani wrote: > On 8/21/07, James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Question 1: >> >> Regarding those "structural" pads I asked about yesterday (by the way, >> thanks for all of the great answers!), a Molex surface mount connector >> I'm using recommends L-shaped solder pads to anchor

Re: gEDA-user: L-shaped pad; Comments in fp file?

2007-08-21 Thread Dan McMahill
James Moody wrote: > Question 2: > > Does the file format for defining footprints support comments? It seems > this would be useful when hand crafting complex files. # yes (this is a comment) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org h

Re: gEDA-user: L-shaped pad; Comments in fp file?

2007-08-21 Thread John Luciani
On 8/21/07, James Moody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question 1: > > Regarding those "structural" pads I asked about yesterday (by the way, > thanks for all of the great answers!), a Molex surface mount connector > I'm using recommends L-shaped solder pads to anchor the connector to the > board.

gEDA-user: L-shaped pad; Comments in fp file?

2007-08-21 Thread James Moody
Question 1: Regarding those "structural" pads I asked about yesterday (by the way, thanks for all of the great answers!), a Molex surface mount connector I'm using recommends L-shaped solder pads to anchor the connector to the board. Visualize this as a square divided into quadrants, and one

Re: gEDA-user: Clearing vias (Was: Last code sprint's IRC log and pictures)

2007-08-21 Thread Christoph Lechner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Paddock wrote: > On Monday 20 August 2007 09:32, Christoph Lechner wrote: >> Exactly. If you draw a track in Protel, its ends are "rounded"; it adds >> a filled circle with diameter=track width to the end points > > Which has the really annoying e