Re: gEDA-user: nice C++ (was Re: pcb plugin smartdisperse fails on load)

2011-02-25 Thread al davis
On Friday 25 February 2011, Larry Doolittle wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:32:13PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > So, could you, pretty please, point me to some nice C++ > > > code. > > > > Sorry, the work I did back then was not OSS. I'll have to > > write some more "nice C++" for you :-) >

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody have any experience with cheap chinese reflow ovens?

2011-02-25 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
David Smith wrote: >> It seems like $320 shipped is pretty cheap for a reflow oven... to the >> point where I question the quality/reliability. Getting one of these >> would make assembling my boards 2-3x faster,so it's tempting. We successfully use the pizza oven reflow kit sold by beta-layout:

Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

2011-02-25 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Colin D Bennett wrote: > That's a great solution. So layout files describe the layers, then > the color theme maps layer types such as "primary copper side" to one > color, "secondary copper side" to another, and "inner layer 1", "inner > layer 2", etc. > > Would this satisfy your desire for fou

Re: gEDA-user: pcb commands to automatically select, cut, rotate, and paste elements

2011-02-25 Thread Stephan Boettcher
Kai-Martin Knaak writes: > Stephan Boettcher wrote: > >> For example the outline of the board on the attached picture > > This looks nice. > How about a Ben mode rendered image of this layout on the gallery > of gpleda.org? (Ideally augmented with the shadow effect of image > magick) Since

Re: gEDA-user: nice C++ (was Re: pcb plugin smartdisperse fails on load)

2011-02-25 Thread Russell Dill
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Cyril Hrubis wrote: > Hi! >> Tastes may vary, but some years ago when I went looking for a clean >> C++ matrix math class library, I was favorably impressed by newmat >>   http://www.robertnz.net/nm_intro.htm >> Operator overloading with a clear purpose! > > Thanks

Re: gEDA-user: nice C++ (was Re: pcb plugin smartdisperse fails on load)

2011-02-25 Thread Cyril Hrubis
Hi! > Tastes may vary, but some years ago when I went looking for a clean > C++ matrix math class library, I was favorably impressed by newmat > http://www.robertnz.net/nm_intro.htm > Operator overloading with a clear purpose! Thanks a lot. That is quite impressive library. Now all I need is rai

Re: gEDA-user: Breaking up power planes

2011-02-25 Thread Russell Dill
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Stephan Boettcher wrote: > Russell Dill writes: > >> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: >>> Russell Dill wrote: >>> I'm just wondering what everyones preferred method of breaking up power/ground planes is. >>> >>> My preferred me

Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

2011-02-25 Thread Bob Paddock
>> (I've never seen a mobius flexboard design, but I bet someone has done >> it.) > > Well, sure they did: > > http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/mobiuscircuit > > But apart from being the "cool guy with mobius strip", it's IMHO not > usable. Resistors formed in the shape of a Mobius have

gEDA-user: nice C++ (was Re: pcb plugin smartdisperse fails on load)

2011-02-25 Thread Larry Doolittle
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:32:13PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > So, could you, pretty please, point me to some nice C++ code. > Sorry, the work I did back then was not OSS. I'll have to write some > more "nice C++" for you :-) Tastes may vary, but some years ago when I went looking for a clean C+

Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

2011-02-25 Thread John Doty
On Feb 25, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Cyril Hrubis wrote: > Hi! >> (I've never seen a mobius flexboard design, but I bet someone has done >> it.) > > Well, sure they did: > > http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/mobiuscircuit > > But apart from being the "cool guy with mobius strip", it's IMHO

Re: gEDA-user: pcb plugin smartdisperse fails on load

2011-02-25 Thread DJ Delorie
> So, could you, pretty please, point me to some nice C++ code. Sorry, the work I did back then was not OSS. I'll have to write some more "nice C++" for you :-) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/l

Re: gEDA-user: pcb plugin smartdisperse fails on load

2011-02-25 Thread Cyril Hrubis
Hi! > Yes, that is a common complaint these days. I've written "nice C++" > before, long before the C++ toolbox included all those messy new > features that everyone just "had to use". I hate messy C++ too, but > that doesn't stop me from wanting to use C++. I always wanted to learn how to use C

Re: gEDA-user: General Layers questions

2011-02-25 Thread Cyril Hrubis
Hi! > (I've never seen a mobius flexboard design, but I bet someone has done > it.) Well, sure they did: http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/mobiuscircuit But apart from being the "cool guy with mobius strip", it's IMHO not usable. -- Cyril Hrubis

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody have any experience with cheap chinese reflow ovens?

2011-02-25 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:40:21 + David Smith wrote: > yamazakir2 wrote: > > I'm talking about ones such as these: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/T-962-INFRARED-IC-HEATER-REFLOW-WAVE-OVEN-BGA-T962-a5-/120664888674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c18301562 > > > > It seems like $320 shipped is pre

Re: gEDA-user: pads, mask and solder paste

2011-02-25 Thread Ineiev
Stephen Ecob wrote: I've added this patch to the corresponding LaunchPad bug, #718342 My opinion is that the patch improves PCB's generation of the solder paste and has a very low risk of creating undesired side effects. I recommend it for early incorporation into GIT head. I'll push it tomorr

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody have any experience with cheap chinese reflow ovens?

2011-02-25 Thread David Smith
yamazakir2 wrote: > I'm talking about ones such as these: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/T-962-INFRARED-IC-HEATER-REFLOW-WAVE-OVEN-BGA-T962-a5-/120664888674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c18301562 > > It seems like $320 shipped is pretty cheap for a reflow oven... to the > point where I question the q