Re: gEDA-user: pcb: Strange problem with gerber export

2009-08-03 Thread Ineiev
On 8/3/09, Michael Sokolov msoko...@ivan.harhan.org wrote: Ineiev ine...@gmail.com wrote: Your locale was Russian. PCB output aperture sizes as 0,025 instead of 0.025. This is a perfect example why I consider the whole concept of locales and i18n to be a diabolical abomination. Whoever

Re: gEDA-user: placing a connector footprint out of a board

2009-08-03 Thread Duncan Drennan
How do I create that special layer? I'd just use a free layer and rename it? As others have said, just name the layer outline and PCB automagically knows what to do. Make sure that the layer has its own group. ___ geda-user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA just hit SlashDotOrg (why live CD wouldn't work)

2009-08-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Tibor and all, On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 07:11 +0200, igor2 wrote: On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, evan foss wrote: You know the mechanical people have a livecd or I think it is dvd now. Perhaps we should have an electronics live disk of some kind? For a few semesters I was teaching gschem/pcb for

Re: gEDA-user: pcb: Strange problem with gerber export

2009-08-03 Thread Alexander Gvozdev
On Понедельник 03 августа 2009 09:58:12 Ineiev wrote: On 8/3/09, DJ Delorie d...@delorie.com wrote: We have code in pcb for locale-independent printf/scanf; gerber export should use that. Then probably PS and BOM, too. I try to change locale, because PS export doesn't work too.

Re: gEDA-user: pcb: Strange problem with gerber export

2009-08-03 Thread Alexander Gvozdev
On Понедельник 03 августа 2009 05:22:48 Alexander Gvozdev wrote: Please help me! After some minor editing on board i get very strange gerbers (tura* in attachment). I try make gerber from any new pcb and see same problems (arg.zip). Yes. It's LOCALE problem. If i run export LANG=C;pcb gerber

Re: gEDA-user: comments in gaf source

2009-08-03 Thread Bert Timmerman
Hi Kai-Martin, On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 11:59 +, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:05:37 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/pcb-doxygenation/dox_pcb/index.html I'm currently looking into how much disk space my ISP has left me and how much disk

Re: gEDA-user: comments in gaf source

2009-08-03 Thread John Doty
On Jul 29, 2009, at 6:11 AM, Bert Timmerman wrote: Hi Kai-Martin, On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 11:59 +, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:05:37 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/pcb-doxygenation/dox_pcb/index.html I'm currently looking into how much

Re: gEDA-user: Icarus: Synthesize Verilog to Verilog

2009-08-03 Thread Stephen Williams
The Verilog target for Icarus Verilog needs attention. If it were it a usable (even compilable) state, it would be of use to you. Is it sits, getting it it working order would be a great summer project for somebody. Philipp Klaus Krause wrote: Is it possible to use Icarus to simplify Verilog

Re: gEDA-user: can't plot time on x axis with KJWave

2009-08-03 Thread KURT PETERS
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:04:53 -0600 From: Mark Johnson mrj...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: gEDA-user: can't plot time on x axis with KJWave (Mark Johnson) To: gEDA user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org Message-ID: 4a7661e5.6060...@shaw.ca Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: gEDA-user: comments in gaf source

2009-08-03 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:11:25 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: As of yesterday it lives here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/gaf/dox.html Nice! I added a note in the devel-tips of the wiki. ---(kaimartin)--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel:

gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Tamas Szabo
Hi, I want to design a small ZigBee board with integrated PCB antanna. I already made it, however I have a problem. Since all part of the antenna lines consist of pads, it seems to be a short circuit between the terminals - ie. it always has an orange color. Is there a way to workaround

gEDA-user: latest build in ubuntu seg-fault on photo export

2009-08-03 Thread Josh Jordan
Export options were changed from 100 to 300 dpi and photo-mode selected. Heres the error message- (pcb:8588): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed gd warning: one parameter to a memory allocation multiplication is negative or zero, failing

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread John Griessen
Tamas Szabo wrote: Hi, I want to design a small ZigBee board with integrated PCB antanna. I already made it, however I have a problem. Since all part of the antenna lines consist of pads, it seems to be a short circuit between the terminals - ie. it always has an orange color. Is

Re: gEDA-user: latest build in ubuntu seg-fault on photo export

2009-08-03 Thread Uwe Hermann
On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 09:34:33AM -0700, Josh Jordan wrote: Export options were changed from 100 to 300 dpi and photo-mode selected. Heres the error message- (pcb:8588): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_entry_set_text: assertion `text != NULL' failed gd warning: one parameter to a

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread John Griessen
Tamas Szabo wrote: Since all part of the antenna lines consist of pads, it seems to be a short circuit between the terminals Another thing to explore is about how in PCB pads aren't handled just the same DRC-wise as lines and no lines are allowed in a footprint (as of now). What if you

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread John Griessen
Tamas Szabo wrote: Since all part of the antenna lines consist of pads, it seems to be a short circuit between the terminals I looked at your footprint and it has three terminals and a keep out zone in silkscreen. It's a shame to toss it out -- you could just ignore the DRC errors,

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Dave N6NZ
John Griessen wrote: Tamas Szabo wrote: Since all part of the antenna lines consist of pads, it seems to be a short circuit between the terminals Another thing to explore is about how in PCB pads aren't handled just the same DRC-wise as lines and no lines are allowed in a footprint

Re: gEDA-user: latest build in ubuntu seg-fault on photo export

2009-08-03 Thread Josh Jordan
This works now with a new git. --- On Mon, 8/3/09, Uwe Hermann u...@hermann-uwe.de wrote: From: Uwe Hermann u...@hermann-uwe.de Subject: Re: gEDA-user: latest build in ubuntu seg-fault on photo export To: gEDA user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org Date:

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA just hit SlashDotOrg

2009-08-03 Thread Joerg
John Doty wrote: On Aug 2, 2009, at 7:45 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:42:20 -0600, John Doty wrote: [...] That's our strength. That's why gEDA is different. That's why gEDA is a sharp toolkit for the computer-savvy. It is remarkably blunt in certain aspects.

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA just hit SlashDotOrg (why live CD wouldn't work)

2009-08-03 Thread Joerg
Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:30:54 -0400, evan foss wrote: If people really wanted a windows one then where are they? In the kicad user group? Hanging out in eagle.support.eng? Yes and yes :-) Note, that the vast majority of users don't demand better software. They

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:47:32 -0500, John Griessen wrote: To let gsch2pcb run and update an open instance of PCB would be a nice feature... Like xgsch2pcb does? ---(kaimartin)--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x6C0B9F53

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Monday 03 August 2009 20:31:45 Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:47:32 -0500, John Griessen wrote: To let gsch2pcb run and update an open instance of PCB would be a nice feature... Like xgsch2pcb does? Shh, kmk, it's got a *GUI* and uses *IPC*. You'll scare him away with

Re: gEDA-user: can't plot time on x axis with KJWave

2009-08-03 Thread Mark Johnson
KURT PETERS wrote: Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:04:53 -0600 From: Mark Johnson mrj...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: gEDA-user: can't plot time on x axis with KJWave (Mark Johnson) To: gEDA user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org Message-ID: 4a7661e5.6060...@shaw.ca

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Tamas Szabo
Dave N6NZ wrote: John Griessen wrote: Tamas Szabo wrote: Since all part of the antenna lines consist of pads, it seems to be a short circuit between the terminals Another thing to explore is about how in PCB pads aren't handled just the same DRC-wise as lines and no lines are allowed

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Neil Hendin
Hi all, I've been reading this thread with great interest, as I have been bit by this problem before. One thing I have seen done in the past in other pcb layout software is to define the antenna component footprint as just 2 pins (one signal, one ground) of the smallest size possible on the

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread John Doty
On Aug 3, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote: On Monday 03 August 2009 20:31:45 Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:47:32 -0500, John Griessen wrote: To let gsch2pcb run and update an open instance of PCB would be a nice feature... Like xgsch2pcb does? Shh, kmk, it's

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread John Griessen
Peter TB Brett wrote: On Monday 03 August 2009 20:31:45 Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:47:32 -0500, John Griessen wrote: To let gsch2pcb run and update an open instance of PCB would be a nice feature... Like xgsch2pcb does? Shh, kmk, it's got a *GUI* and uses *IPC*. You'll

gEDA-user: B9A pin base

2009-08-03 Thread Goran Mekić
Does anyone has B9A pin base (12AX7 tube, for example) for pcb? I've searched everything that came to my mind, but found nothing. How to put tube on a PCB (software, not the real board), anyway? Thanx! -- FreeB(eer)S(ex)D(rugs) are the real daemons

Re: gEDA-user: B9A pin base

2009-08-03 Thread John Luciani
2009/8/3 Goran Meki� [1]m...@ns-linux.org � � Does anyone has B9A pin base (12AX7 tube, for example) for pcb? I've searched everything that came to my mind, but found nothing. How to put tube on a PCB (software, not the real board), anyway? Thanx! I wrote a script

Re: gEDA-user: B9A pin base

2009-08-03 Thread DJ Delorie
How to put tube on a PCB (software, not the real board), anyway? Tubes aren't special - you create a footprint using vias such that you have plated holes wherever the tube's socket needs them (you normally wouldn't solder the tube itself in). In the case of spade-type pins, you'd use the width

Re: gEDA-user: B9A pin base

2009-08-03 Thread Dan McMahill
Goran Mekic' wrote: Does anyone has B9A pin base (12AX7 tube, for example) for pcb? I've searched everything that came to my mind, but found nothing. How to put tube on a PCB (software, not the real board), anyway? Thanx! I'd suggest you give the footprint a name which is based on the

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA just hit SlashDotOrg

2009-08-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 03 August 2009, John Doty wrote: On Aug 2, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Bill Gatliff wrote: One of the ways that the gdb guys cracked this nut was to push a lot of their functionality into libraries, and create an HID-centric API for them. They include a command-line-interface implementation

Re: gEDA-user: PCB antenna - short circuit

2009-08-03 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Monday 03 August 2009 20:37:22 Peter TB Brett wrote: On Monday 03 August 2009 20:31:45 Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: On Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:47:32 -0500, John Griessen wrote: To let gsch2pcb run and update an open instance of PCB would be a nice feature... Like xgsch2pcb does? Shh, kmk,