Re: gEDA-user: PCIe x1 connector footprints

2011-03-08 Thread Darrell Harmon
. A simple but high speed interface to the PC is something that is not easily available at this time. I hope to change that with this project. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda

Re: gEDA-user: Cheap PCB fab shop ~ Great work

2011-02-23 Thread Darrell Harmon
cycles with no delamination problems. I was able to pay extra and get ENIG finish for PCI Express fingers too. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: PGA 100 footprint

2011-02-12 Thread Darrell Harmon
, paddia, polyclear and maskclear in addition to the usual BGA parameters. It would be possible to add a PGA mode to footgen, but I don't want a patch as they are relatively rare. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http

Re: gEDA-user: Silver Epoxy: was Parts Manager Working Document

2010-01-19 Thread Darrell Harmon
right. http://www.excelta.com/product_categories/spatulas-oilers/products/010-black-micro-spatula Those are some tiny bond pads. I can't really help with epoxy selection. What I use is expensive, hard to get and has high curing temperatures. Darrell Harmon

Re: gEDA-user: Eliminate separate Vcc planes?

2009-10-21 Thread Darrell Harmon
lower. As shunt caps, all 0402 parts have too much series inductance to do much good above a few GHz. The only difference between values seems to be where the series resonance is. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http

Re: gEDA-user: Eliminate separate Vcc planes?

2009-10-19 Thread Darrell Harmon
in the 1 to 100 pF range frequently had parallel resonances in the 10 to 30 GHz range. Most of the multilayer caps (10 nF to 1 uF) performed well to at least 30 GHz. I like to use 3 terminal feedthrough capacitors when I am concerned about frequencies 1 GHz getting on the power supply. Darrell

Re: gEDA-user: footgen.py

2009-07-08 Thread Darrell Harmon
that *   * *   * *   * *   * patch attached. Cheers, Levente ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user I have applied it, and committed to Subversion. It will be in the next release. Darrell

Re: gEDA-user: footpgen.py female headers implementation

2009-04-30 Thread Darrell Harmon
or are you getting an old file? Caching proxy? Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: footpgen.py female headers implementation

2009-04-29 Thread Darrell Harmon
, Levente -- Levente Kovacs http://logonex.eu I have applied this and your bug fix patch. The current version can be found in Subversion at svn://dlharmon.com/geda/tools/footgen or at http://dlharmon.com/geda/footgen.html Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: terminators

2009-04-06 Thread Darrell Harmon
into a high data rate by only having 18 pins in each direction and needing to move 250 MB/s in each direction. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: the joy and sadness of new boards

2009-04-01 Thread Darrell Harmon
to tell from the ones Advanced Circuits routed. The FR4 dust was bad, so you may want to wear a mask if you do it this way. Darrell Harmon On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:18 PM, DJ Delorie d...@delorie.com wrote: Just got a box of panels from Advanced Circuits.  Five panels, ten boards per panel (two

Re: gEDA-user: oval holes?

2008-12-20 Thread Darrell Harmon
of the board. Plated slots are expensive to add to prototype boards. Darrell Harmon On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 6:59 PM, gene carzr...@optonline.net wrote: could someone take a look at this data sheet: http://www.spctechnology.com/prodinfo/specs/84N1167.PDF Here's a picture of it: http

Re: gEDA-user: Need opinion on O-scope

2008-08-24 Thread Darrell Harmon
or go for a digital scope. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: footprint request: mini-fit 4P

2008-08-23 Thread Darrell Harmon
I am not sure your request is specific enough. I have attached the footprint for a Molex Mini Fit Jr 2x2 pin straight header which I assume may be what you are looking for. This is the same connector as the PC motherboard 12V power connector. Darrell Harmon On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Igor2

Re: gEDA-user: Drawing lines in soldermask layer?

2007-06-23 Thread Darrell Harmon
? For sierra, you can just draw the outline with a 10 mil line on the top copper layer. I do it all the time. I just got a board back Thursday that I submitted that way. In the future it would really be nice to allow drawing on the soldermask layer. Darrell Harmon

Re: gEDA-user: photo-imagable supplies

2007-04-17 Thread Darrell Harmon
will want to etch a few boards. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: VMWare image of Ubuntu distribution of Linux with gEDA installed.

2007-04-03 Thread Darrell Harmon
as well. Darrell Harmon Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: OT: Opencores CORDIC - bugs?

2007-03-09 Thread Darrell Harmon
workaround will add a very large propagation delay (and more gates). You may need additional pipeline stages. I assume you are just wanting cosine? If so, your last idea should work nicely with minimal additional gates. -- Darrell Harmon http://dlharmon.com

Re: gEDA-user: OT: Opencores CORDIC - bugs?

2007-03-09 Thread Darrell Harmon
that was required, but I haven't seen the opencores implementation. -- Ben Jackson AD7GD CORDIC should be able to handle +90 to -90 degrees with no prerotate stage. With the addition of a 90 degree prerotate stage, the range becomes -180 to +180 degrees. -- Darrell Harmon http://dlharmon.com

Re: gEDA-user: thermal vias in pcb

2007-03-07 Thread Darrell Harmon
to solid. Without the spoked thermals, PCB is responsive again. I can email the files if anyone wants. The speed issue is not a problem for me as I want all of those vias to not have thermals. -- Darrell Harmon http://dlharmon.com ___ geda-user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: I need to open and print a PCB created in ExpressPCB:What are my options?

2007-01-30 Thread Darrell Harmon
://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user I used 0.020 Kester 331 solder with a 2331ZX flux pen and a Metcal STTC 099 (0.060 bent chisel) soldering iron tip. It worked great. Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http

Re: gEDA-user: Thermal via in pad

2007-01-11 Thread Darrell Harmon
it connects to either). Darrell Harmon ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: autogenerate footprints

2007-01-06 Thread Darrell Harmon
the comments at the beginning of the code for details. I did drop the part that offsets the part width on by 30 mils to maintain compatibility with old files. I also applied a few bugfixes that had been sent to me. Any future features or bugfixes are welcome. Darrell Harmon

Re: gEDA-user: autogenerate footprints

2007-01-05 Thread Darrell Harmon
like to send it to me. I have had one bugfix for omitballs on BGA in my inbox for months. I have also mentioned doing a CGI interface to footgen, and am still planning on doing that in the near future unless someone else would like to take on that task. -- Darrell Harmon http://dlharmon.com

Re: gEDA-user: Symbols for Spartan 3?

2006-08-18 Thread Darrell Harmon
columns of pins. I then rearranged them into 10 different symbols (1 for each bank, 1 for power, one for configuration). http://dlharmon.com/geda/mksym.c -- Darrell Harmon http://dlharmon.com ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http