Re: gEDA-user: Automatically start wire placement when you press the hotkey?

2011-08-12 Thread yamazakir2
So is there a solution to this? Anybody get the wire key to work on key press rather than on click? On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Colin D Bennett co...@gibibit.com wrote: On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:50:31 +0200 Krzysztof Kościuszkiewicz k.kosciuszkiew...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/11 Colin D

Re: gEDA-user: Automatically start wire placement when you press the hotkey?

2011-08-11 Thread yamazakir2
I agree, magnetic mode is an instant disable for me everytime I install gschem On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:38 AM, John Doty j...@noqsi.com wrote: On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:48 AM, Krzysztof Kościuszkiewicz wrote: Author: Peter Clifton pc...@cam.ac.uk    This allows magnetic net mode to be used for

gEDA-user: Automatically start wire placement when you press the hotkey?

2011-08-10 Thread yamazakir2
I had to redo my linux box so I installed a fresh copy of gschem from git and it seems like the method of wire placement has changed. When i press the wire hotkey, I have to click somewhere on the schematic before I can start drawing the wire. how do I change it so the wire placement starts at the

Re: gEDA-user: Linux Desktop für gEDA

2011-08-05 Thread yamazakir2
Do you guys use your linux box for general desktop usage or only EDA? I ask because I have tried many times to make the switch to linux for general desktop usage but can't get over the inconvenience of it. I have a linux box specifically for EDA (gschem, pcb, spice simulations, etc), so I couldn't

Re: gEDA-user: Linux Desktop für gEDA

2011-08-05 Thread yamazakir2
, yamazakir2 wrote: Do you guys use your linux box for general desktop usage or only EDA? For general desktop use, I tend to gravitate to the MacBook, but I'm not limited to it. If I need a lot of windows in view, the Linux box with two monitors is the machine of choice if I'm in the office

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-08-01 Thread yamazakir2
Still looking for suggestions for assembly besides 4pcb. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:57 PM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: Alright guys I think I need a bit of help with the costs. 4pcb is expensive. I have around 80 or so SMD (mostly 0805's and some IC's) and the quote feature

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-28 Thread yamazakir2
, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: I sometimes get boards done at 4pcb, I didn't know they do assembly. How much to they charge? And how big of a reel do you have to send them? And you just cut tape the amount of parts you need to assemble the amount of boards you want to manufacture? On Wed

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-28 Thread yamazakir2
anybody have any suggestions on places that only does assembly? I don't mind the cheap chinese places, I don't have really small components so I'm not worried about reliability or precision. On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak k...@familieknaak.de wrote: yamazakir2 wrote: I have had

gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread yamazakir2
I have had many boards manufactured but never had one also assembled. What are the costs to do this? Are there any (cheap) manufactures that also do pick and place? Do they buy the components for you or do you have to send them reels, meaning you have to buy 1000's of components at a time?

Re: gEDA-user: Anybody ever had a board assembled (pick and place)?

2011-07-27 Thread yamazakir2
, 2011 at 10:28 AM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: I have had many boards manufactured but never had one also assembled. What are the costs to do this? Are there any (cheap) manufactures that also do pick and place? Do they buy the components for you or do you have to send them reels

gEDA-user: What is the name of this pin? Where can I get this online?

2011-06-26 Thread yamazakir2
I need to somehow acquire a pin or male header that looks like the one attached. It is from a fat PS3 that connects to the power supply. It is the the same shape as a ground pin on a power cable (also attached) but is slighly smaller. Does anybody know the name of this pin? It doesn't have to be a

Re: gEDA-user: translucent tracks in PCB-head!

2011-05-20 Thread yamazakir2
why do you have a through hole ic On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak kn...@iqo.uni-hannover.de wrote: Hi. A few minutes ago, I fetched the latest PCB sources from git and recompiled. Surprise: The resulting binary includes translucent tracks and polygons! This is both,

gEDA-user: zener diode modeling

2011-04-18 Thread yamazakir2
Does anybody have a nice and simple zener diode model they would like to share? The model that I am using has trouble with convergence in context of a complicated switching circuit with ngspice. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org

Re: gEDA-user: zener diode modeling

2011-04-18 Thread yamazakir2
the circuit is the better it converges. Cheers,          Andy. signality.co.uk On 18 April 2011 18:02, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody have a nice and simple zener diode model they would like to share? The model that I am using has trouble with convergence in context

gEDA-user: please recommend me a good water soluable flux

2011-04-09 Thread yamazakir2
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gEDA-user: Sorta OT: What kind of paper is used for owners manuals?

2011-04-06 Thread yamazakir2
I want to print up some owners manuals for some things I'm selling but I don't know what type of paper it is that is normally used for this. The paper is slightly thicker than regular copy paper but it also looks like the paper is a different material. I'm not talking about the high quality gloss

Re: gEDA-user: Sorta OT: What kind of paper is used for owners manuals?

2011-04-06 Thread yamazakir2
, yamazakir2 [1]yamazak...@gmail.com wrote:     I want to print up some owners manuals for some things I'm selling     but     I don't know what type of paper it is that is normally used for     this.     The paper is slightly thicker than regular copy paper but it also     looks like

Re: gEDA-user: zview/ngscope

2011-04-05 Thread yamazakir2
I just want to throw my opinion out there. I have been using geda (gschem and pcb) for years and I have yet to find a satisfactory waveform viewer, simulation gui, and netlister. Kudos to someone who wants try to make a legitimate waveform viewer, the open source EDA community needs one. I for

gEDA-user: anybody use ngspice with openmp?

2011-04-02 Thread yamazakir2
I don't know how to set this up, does anybody have a guide? I have never used openmp before. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

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

2011-04-01 Thread yamazakir2
I'm guessing based off that mark the bottom left pin is pin 1. The datasheet isn't clear. Does anybody know for sure if thats pin 1? attachment: sc70-6.png ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org

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

2011-04-01 Thread yamazakir2
  to confirm, if you consider its internals. Your guess of bottom left   seems reasonable.   -CN   On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:13 AM, yamazakir2 [1]yamazak...@gmail.com   wrote:     I'm guessing based off that mark the bottom left pin is pin 1. The     datasheet isn't clear. Does anybody know for sure

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

2011-04-01 Thread yamazakir2
(see Figure 12). Typical TI component orientation is shown in Figure 13. On 04/01/2011 11:35 AM, yamazakir2 wrote: The datasheet is pretty ambiguous, take a look and let me know what you guys think: http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74lvc1g3157.pdf On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Cullen

gEDA-user: NOR sr latch does not converge with ngspcie r22

2011-03-31 Thread yamazakir2
The attached netlist does not converge. Doesn't matter what the inputs are, you could put a ramping voltage and it will be the same result. NAND latches work just fine, but nor doesn't. X1 reset qbar q pwr nor2 * Cell: nor2

Re: gEDA-user: NOR sr latch does not converge with ngspcie r22

2011-03-31 Thread yamazakir2
oh geez i'm an idiot, thanks On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Dan White d...@whiteaudio.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:30 PM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: The attached netlist does not converge. Doesn't matter what the inputs are, you could put a ramping voltage

Re: gEDA-user: Make vias exposed

2011-03-28 Thread yamazakir2
edit the pcb file to add soldermask clearance On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Thomas Oldbury toldb...@gmail.com wrote:   My board house seems to cover my vias with soldermask (tenting them),   which isn't what I want, because some are placed for testing purposes.   Is there any way to remove

gEDA-user: place to buy SMPS transformers?

2011-03-25 Thread yamazakir2
Anybody know of a source, other than digikey, that sells prefabbed prewound SMPS transformers? Digikey has a few, but their selection pretty limited. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org

Re: gEDA-user: place to buy SMPS transformers?

2011-03-25 Thread yamazakir2
Coilcraft has a decent selection and is reasonably priced. Thanks! On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:30 AM, gene glick carzr...@optonline.net wrote: yamazakir2 wrote: Anybody know of a source, other than digikey, that sells prefabbed prewound SMPS transformers? Try coilcraft : http

gEDA-user: info on pcbinternational chinese boards

2011-03-10 Thread yamazakir2
I forgot who it was but someone asked me on the quality of these boards, so here it goes I ordered 50 qty, $4.95 each, and the basic summary is, with everything in life, you get what you pay for Now, with that said, electrically, I couldn't find anything wrong with these boards, but I have only

Re: gEDA-user: gschem: net attribute for power I/O, clean appearance? (no “:1”)

2011-03-09 Thread yamazakir2
Nope never added that feature, only spice netlist, sorry. On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:43 AM, Kovacs Levente leventel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 17:37:32 -0800 yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote a custom netlister over a year ago that suppose this and hierarchical

Re: gEDA-user: gschem: net attribute for power I/O, clean appearance? (no “:1”)

2011-03-08 Thread yamazakir2
I wrote a custom netlister over a year ago that suppose this and hierarchical netlisting. http://spnet.code-fusion.net/ On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Colin D Bennett co...@gibibit.com wrote: Has there been any work or planning toward making it easier and less error-prone to produce

Re: gEDA-user: Looking for spice models that work with ngspice

2011-03-02 Thread yamazakir2
regular spice models work for ngspice On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Daniel B. Thurman d...@cdkkt.com wrote: I am looking for a 2N3416 spice model for ngspice. In any case, where can I look for comprehensive ngspice models? Thanks- Dan ___

Re: gEDA-user: Looking for spice models that work with ngspice

2011-03-02 Thread yamazakir2
unless you need some kind of precision accuracy just use any standard npn model, adjust parasitics and beta based on datasheet On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Daniel B. Thurman d...@cdkkt.com wrote: On 03/02/2011 10:03 AM, yamazakir2 wrote: regular spice models work for ngspice On Wed, Mar 2

gEDA-user: farming out footprint work

2011-03-02 Thread yamazakir2
6-XSON http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detailname=568-4399-1-ND Stacked BNC http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detailname=991-1024-ND Stacked RCA http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detailname=CP-1435-ND $10 paypal

Re: gEDA-user: Looking for spice models that work with ngspice

2011-03-02 Thread yamazakir2
just netlist your schematic and copy and paste the .model statement into your netlist On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Daniel B. Thurman d...@cdkkt.com wrote: On 03/02/2011 01:44 PM, Andy Fierman wrote: Fairchild no longer make the 2N3416 so there is no longer a direct link to it. However,

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

2011-03-01 Thread yamazakir2
.  I got one of those before the oven. On 02/28/2011 12:24 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: Does that company ship to the US? Plus for some reason I have had VERY bad shipping experience from europe. I live in CA and things always take at least 3 weeks to get here. One time I ordered a cable from ebay

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

2011-02-28 Thread yamazakir2
Does that company ship to the US? Plus for some reason I have had VERY bad shipping experience from europe. I live in CA and things always take at least 3 weeks to get here. One time I ordered a cable from ebay from the uk and it took 1.5 months to get here. So one one has any experience with the

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

2011-02-24 Thread yamazakir2
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_0hash=item1c18301562 It seems like $320 shipped is pretty cheap for a reflow oven... to the point where I question the quality/reliability. Getting

gEDA-user: Board cleaner recommendations

2011-02-23 Thread yamazakir2
After you get done soldering and fluxing up your board to solder a lot of SMT components, what do you guys use to get it looking flux-free and clean again? I tried MG Chemical flux remove and while it does remove the flux, after washing it (with tap water) and drying it, it leaves a nasty well-ish

Re: gEDA-user: Board cleaner recommendations

2011-02-23 Thread yamazakir2
I use the really sticky dark orange flux (I think MG Chemicals). Is water soluble flux better (for cleaning)? On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:41 AM, John Griessen j...@ecosensory.com wrote: On 02/23/2011 01:38 PM, yamazakir2 wrote: what do you guys use to get it looking flux-free and clean again

Re: gEDA-user: Board cleaner recommendations

2011-02-23 Thread yamazakir2
So am I getting this right? Step 1. Flux Remover Step 2. Wash with soap and water (dish soap) Step 3. Wash with Isopropyl Alcohol Step 4. Dry That should leave me with a nice clean board correct? Assume I have a high mineral content tap water. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Stephen Ecob

Re: gEDA-user: Board cleaner recommendations

2011-02-23 Thread yamazakir2
Can I use this instead of distilled water? http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/406b.html On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Stephen Ecob silicon.on.inspirat...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:46 AM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: So am I getting this right? Step 1. Flux

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

2011-02-23 Thread yamazakir2
Minimum quantity? Lead time? Mask and silk? On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Rob Butts r.but...@gmail.com wrote:   I just got a board back from DorkbotPDX.  You can't beat it!  $5 per   square inch for 2-layer and new batches going out pretty much every   week.  You get 3 boards and the

Re: gEDA-user: Board cleaner recommendations

2011-02-23 Thread yamazakir2
Thanks for your all your help guys. On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Stephen Ecob silicon.on.inspirat...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:34 AM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: Can I use this instead of distilled water? http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/406b.html Looks

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

2011-02-23 Thread yamazakir2
  On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:39 PM, yamazakir2 [2]yamazak...@gmail.com   wrote:     Minimum quantity? Lead time? Mask and silk?   On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Rob Butts [3]r.but...@gmail.com   wrote:     I just got a board back from DorkbotPDX.  You can't beat it!  $5   per     square inch

Re: gEDA-user: inexpensive 2-layer pcb prototypes in 2 weeks? 3 weeks? 4 weeks?

2011-02-18 Thread yamazakir2
If you need mask/silk I'd just stick with 33 each... the quality is excellent and even with a minimum quantity of 4, it's not that big of a investment if you plan on doing a 150 board run. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:28 AM, John Griessen j...@ecosensory.com wrote: On 02/18/11 11:15, DJ Delorie

Re: gEDA-user: inexpensive 2-layer pcb prototypes in 2 weeks? 3 weeks? 4 weeks?

2011-02-18 Thread yamazakir2
:58 AM, John Griessen j...@ecosensory.com wrote: On 02/18/11 12:12, yamazakir2 wrote: If you need mask/silk I'd just stick with 33 each... the quality is excellent and even with a minimum quantity of 4, it's not that big of a investment if you plan on doing a 150 board run. My board run

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

2011-02-18 Thread yamazakir2
Let me re-iteraite what i am looking for. I'm looking for mid quantity production run, maybe 50-100. Also looking for a plastic enclosure with nothing fancy, just a box with cutouts for I/O ports. As for the CAD software, I don't need anything robust, just something simple that can make what I

Re: gEDA-user: PCB fab with = $5 with 50 qty order?

2011-02-17 Thread yamazakir2
Do you guys have any more suggestions? http://www.pcbinternational.com is almost $14/board and http://www.pcbcart.com is down. I don't want to risk the custompcb site. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:32 PM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: Does anybody know where I can order 50 boards

Re: gEDA-user: PCB fab with = $5 with 50 qty order?

2011-02-17 Thread yamazakir2
I did their flex quote thing, i didn't click the right one I guess. Thanks though!! I'm definitely ordering through them. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Felipe De la Puente Christen fdelapue...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 15:30 -0800, yamazakir2 wrote: Do you guys have any

Re: gEDA-user: PCB fab with = $5 with 50 qty order?

2011-02-17 Thread yamazakir2
is from Washington. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:16 PM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: I did their flex quote thing, i didn't click the right one I guess. Thanks though!! I'm definitely ordering through them. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Felipe De la Puente Christen fdelapue...@gmail.com

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

2011-02-17 Thread yamazakir2
I have never done this before, but I want to fab some customized boxes for some pcbs I'll be making in the future. I want custom dimensions and custom cutouts and custom mounting posts for the pcb. Any websites that do this? Also, any software to design the box? Thanks

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2011-02-17 Thread yamazakir2
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Re: gEDA-user: (no subject)

2011-02-17 Thread yamazakir2
disregard, i meant to sent this to someone else On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:26 PM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: Cantu Repairing Cream and Conditioner ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman

gEDA-user: PCB fab with = $5 with 50 qty order?

2011-02-16 Thread yamazakir2
Does anybody know where I can order 50 boards with the price per board at the most $5? The closest I could find was 150 boards with $4.47 per board cost at Advanced Circuits. Their 50 qty order is $9.94 :( ___ geda-user mailing list

Re: gEDA-user: PCB fab with = $5 with 50 qty order?

2011-02-16 Thread yamazakir2
The board size is 6.275x1.705. Modest amount of holes/vias, nothing too crazy. Tolerances are standard, I think the default setup in pcb. Shipping to the US, specifically CA. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Stephen Trier stephen.trier+g...@gmail.com wrote:   What's the board area, and what

Re: gEDA-user: anyway to make rectangular holes such as these?

2011-02-01 Thread yamazakir2
Yes, thats currently how I do my boards but I was hoping there was a solution to have it actually fit properly. On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:44 PM, John Luciani jluci...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:29 AM, yamazakir2 yamazak...@gmail.com wrote: http://products.cui.com/getPDF.aspx

gEDA-user: Paying $5 paypal to make these two footprints, easy money

2011-01-28 Thread yamazakir2
I hate making symbols, anybody want to make some quick money? http://documents.tycoelectronics.com/commerce/DocumentDelivery/DDEController?Action=srchrtrvDocNm=1478031DocType=CDDocLang=EN

gEDA-user: cheapest pcb manufacturer that does silkscreen/soldermask

2011-01-21 Thread yamazakir2
Hi all, I have been using 4pcb for awhile now and even for a small board the cheapest option they have is $250 for an order of 5 boards (their minimum quantity). They have a bare bones (no silk/mask) option that I have been using that allows you to order 2 for $60 which is a great option most of

Re: gEDA-user: Does anybody have a footprint to this BNC connector?

2010-12-11 Thread yamazakir2
sweet, thanks guys! On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 4:30 PM, kai-martin knaak k...@familieknaak.de wrote: yamazakir2 wrote: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detailname=A97562- ND http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/connector/BNC_LAY.fp silk