Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds

2011-08-17 Thread Matthew Sager
Kai (and others), what do you think of this mockup?: [1]http://wpsoftware.net/andrew/dump/mockup.png I like this one also. It seems compact and easy to understand. Matthew -- My homepage. [2]http://sites.google.com/site/matthewsager/home References 1.

Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL - now with background image rendering support!

2011-05-03 Thread Matthew Sager
OpenGL and schematic import all in one place, this is going to be great! Thank you. My homepage. [1]http://sites.google.com/site/matthewsager/home References 1. http://sites.google.com/site/matthewsager/home ___ geda-user mailing

Re: gEDA-user: any place that fabs custom project boxes?

2011-02-18 Thread Matthew Sager
Any websites that do this? Also, any software to design the box? I know this company will build custom enclosures. [1]http://www.tentec.com/?s=enclosures But you could probably find a metal or sheet metal place closer to you. It all depends on what you need. Typically you will

Re: gEDA-user: Alternate Platforms

2011-01-27 Thread Matthew Sager
Is this something that would be easy to port to? Anyone know much about developing for table PCs? I have just looked into the android OS just a little because I got a new droid phone. [1]http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/fundamentals.html The short version is that

Re: gEDA-user: Next step

2010-11-01 Thread Matthew Sager
Am 01.11.2010 um 22:03 schrieb Matthew Sager: if you plan to use the same size bit as the trace width and you just want to mill down the center of the trace. Huh? If you mill down the center of the trace you remove the copper there and get a negative of what you

Re: gEDA-user: next PCB release - 1.99za vs 4.0

2010-09-13 Thread Matthew Sager
[*] We need a better term for drawing layers, since layer means something specific in PCB design. Or another name for physical layers. Or something ;-) How about overlay? Canvas comes to mind. It hints that you draw on it. Or this could just be the fact that I have

Re: gEDA-user: Odd behavior with gschem

2010-03-26 Thread Matthew Sager
It is odd that you have gEDA 1.6.1 from an Ubuntu Karmic install. (It would be present in Lucid though). I would have wondered if you'd got it from my PPA, but I recall only 1.6.0 being available there. Peter, I have not been able to duplicate this in Ubuntu Karmic

Re: gEDA-user: Turning off gerber Poly Fill for square pads

2009-08-21 Thread Matthew Sager
If anyone is interested pcb2gcode is derived from gerbertogcode for windoze and it doesn't work either. Actually gerbertogcode is a command line tool for linux. It just happens that it will compile for windows as well. It is true that I still have many problems to fix. It is the same one

Re: gEDA-user: CNC Milling

2009-06-19 Thread Matthew Sager
I have heard of people using a regular CNC mill or mini mill like a sherline. The real trick is to have a very fast spindle speed ~50,000 RPMS. I have a PCB mill that I built, but I still have to finish my stepper motor drivers. The hardest part is the file conversion for

Re: gEDA-user: PCB Drills

2009-06-02 Thread Matthew Sager
You can also look at [1]http://www.thinktink.com/ On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Rob Butts [2]r.but...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have a good source for drill bits that you don't have to have a tunnel to Fort Knox? I need sizes .020, .025, .030... I'm

Re: gEDA-user: [OFF] high current amplifier

2009-05-22 Thread Matthew Sager
I have not made it to Akihabara, but if you are around the Nagoya area you can try Osu it has the same kind of stuff. I always have to plan for a side trip and a little extra spending money. On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:49 PM, John Doty [1]...@noqsi.com wrote: On May 22, 2009, at

Re: gEDA-user: best ways to do SMT assembly

2008-08-14 Thread Matthew Sager
This my own version of a tool a friend of mine had. It is pretty good at holding down SMD parts while I solder them. I just built mine out of scrap I had. I just uses a pencil iron and small diameter wire solder. http://matthewsager.googlepages.com/smdholder Matthew

Re: gEDA-user: best ways to do SMT assembly

2008-08-14 Thread Matthew Sager
PROTECTED] wrote: Matthew Sager [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://matthewsager.googlepages.com/smdholder Ok, that's a neat idea. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: poll: How do you geda?

2008-06-08 Thread Matthew Sager
* What OS do you run geda applications on? Ubuntu or Fedora * How did you install your copy of geda apps? Binary package or source * Which apps do you use. What is your typical workflow? Gschem, PCB * Did you (have to) modify portions of geda to suit your needs? In the past I have

gEDA-user: gerbv - not reading format

2007-12-03 Thread Matthew Sager
Here are some quick notes that I found from looking up the gerber spec (RS274X_revD). -End every data block with an end-of-block character, typically '*'. (I do not know how you would change it) -Do not break a line within a block from the parameter guidelines -Parameters (things between %) may

gEDA-user: PCB gerber exporter question

2007-03-22 Thread Matthew Sager
I have a question about the gerber exporter for PCB. I found the other day that PCB exports pins/pads that are rectangles as lines (D02). I was curious about the reason for this, it was not what I expected. I thought you would have exported them as a separate aperture for each size so they

Re: gEDA-user: Feedback

2007-03-11 Thread Matthew Sager
Why use gerbers for the drill locations? Use the excellon NC drill file instead. -a It does sorry, I should have been more specific. The program creates the tool path for drilling the vias from the drill files. (ie go to via, tool down, tool up, go to next via, etc.) Matthew

Re: gEDA-user: Feedback

2007-03-10 Thread Matthew Sager
On 3/10/07, Gary Fiber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone on the list using gEDA with a CNC PCB router? If so what program are they using to get the Gerber to g code? I am in process of building a small CNC router, right now its the Rockcliffmachine.com and possible Crankorgan.corm Brute. Is

Re: gEDA-user: PCB gerber export problem

2007-01-10 Thread Matthew Sager
I have had a similar problem when using gerbers made with PCB with Circuit CAM (this is the software package for LPKF mechanical etching machines). I found the polygon support to be a little flaky, but I also did not use polygons very much. I was only using 1 or 2 polygons per PCB and they were

Re: gEDA-user: latest mini-project: R8C SDIP adapter

2006-11-26 Thread Matthew Sager
For rosin flux I usually use rubbing alcohol. I am not sure that this is the best flux cleaner but it seems to work pretty well. Matthew On 11/26/06, DJ Delorie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd try either water or the usual flux cleaner. I don't have a usual flux cleaner yet.

gEDA-user: Re: Design changs required to mill PCBs?

2006-10-03 Thread Matthew Sager
Hello all, I know when I was using an LPKF machine at school I had to watch the clearance between vias. The LPKF software we had made two passes around the vias for extra clearances I assume this was to make it easier to solder. We made 2 layer boards for our class project. For connecting layers