Re: gEDA-user: Problems with a TDSON8 footprint

2011-03-20 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Rob Butts wrote: > I'm attaching the symbol There is nothing in the symbol that makes it known to gnetlist about the fact that some pins should be connected by copper. The green lines are eye candy. They mean nothing to gnetlist. Of course, you can connect the pins in the schematic. > and

Re: gEDA-user: Problems with a TDSON8 footprint

2011-03-20 Thread João Silva
> How can I do this?  Suggestions?  Or, since only > the big pad that lays > across the pads for each pin turns orange, should I just > ignore this? Hi, I'll have a similar problem as I'll be trying to do a TO263S for a LM2575 Switcher from National. I thought of the problem before and I think th

Re: gEDA-user: Problems with a TDSON8 footprint

2011-03-20 Thread Rob Butts
Ok, I'll try it. On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Stephan Boettcher <[1]boettc...@physik.uni-kiel.de> wrote: Rob Butts <[2]r.but...@gmail.com> writes: > I am using an Infineon power mosfet in a voltage converter. I'm attaching > the datasheet. Pins 5 thru 8 get tied togethe

Re: gEDA-user: Problems with a TDSON8 footprint

2011-03-20 Thread Stephan Boettcher
Rob Butts writes: > I am using an Infineon power mosfet in a voltage converter. I'm attaching > the datasheet. Pins 5 thru 8 get tied together and the actual footprint has > a big pad that ties them together. I'm attaching the footprint that I made > also. I'm having trouble with PCB making t

Re: gEDA-user: Problems with a TDSON8 footprint

2011-03-20 Thread Rob Butts
I'm attaching the symbol and am laying out the board. None of the pins that tie to the big pad are orange, only the big pad and when I click on the board the orange goes away. On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Thomas Oldbury <[1]toldb...@gmail.com> wrote: I think we'd need t

Re: gEDA-user: Problems with a TDSON8 footprint

2011-03-20 Thread Thomas Oldbury
I think we'd need to see the actual PCB to know if there's a short. My suspicion would be that you have the fet the wrong way around or the pads are not assigned correctly in the footprint or symbol. On 20 March 2011 17:23, Rob Butts <[1]r.but...@gmail.com> wrote: I am using an