Re: gEDA-user: SC70-6, which is pin 1?

2011-04-01 Thread Joe Chisolm - Gmail
If the lot marking is oriented so you can read it pin 1 should be lower left but verify from the tape reel. Look at page 15 of http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/szza021c/szza021c.pdf The basic rules are (from page 15): Component orientation in the carrier-tape pocket is governed by EIA-783, which s

Re: gEDA-user: automatic pon button

2011-03-10 Thread Joe Chisolm - Gmail
On 03/10/2011 04:10 PM, Karl Hammar wrote: Balogh: http://www.robotika.sk/projects/virtuallab/atxswitch/images/ATXswitch.png I see, you "press" the button as soon there is +5VSB, but in my case I need power on the +12V rail, else the motherboard is totally powerless. So I have to start the

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

2011-02-28 Thread Joe Chisolm - Gmail
I got a T-962A from these guys: http://www.ownta.com/t962a-reflow-soldering-machine.html This is a heavy unit so shipping was expensive, though I cannot remember exactly how much right now. It came DHL and I had it in about a week. I paid through paypal. Got a order confirmation, shipping c

Re: gEDA-user: Soldering minute smt

2011-01-27 Thread Joe Chisolm - Gmail
On 01/27/2011 09:47 AM, Rob Butts wrote: Holy miniature footprints Batman!!! I'm trying to solder a 10 pin MSOP chip to a home made circuit board. The pitch of this chip is just 0.5 mm. We tried using the slightests of dabs of solder across the pins and then used a heat gun

Re: gEDA-user: gEDA flow for chip design?

2011-01-15 Thread Joe Chisolm - Gmail
On 01/15/2011 10:52 AM, Florian E. Teply wrote: Hi folks, I seem to recall that some guys here use gEDA for chip design. John Doty comes to mind, but i think there are others too. I'd be interested in the workflow as i will have to make up some clever test chips in the next few years for PhD w