Re: gEDA-user: Yet Another successful project

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 11 April 2005 22:32, Ales Hvezda wrote:
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>From: Hans Johnson <hans.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>
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>Hi Folks,
>
>I just thought I would report yet another (mostly) successful
> project done with gschem->gsch2pcb->pcb.
>
>Pictures:=20
>
>http://www.geekhouse.ca/~hans/grip/board.png
>http://www.geekhouse.ca/~hans/grip/assembled.jpg
>http://www.geekhouse.ca/~hans/grip/bareboard.jpg

These links are all non-locatable from here.

>Anyhow, after going through this process, I have a few critiques. 
> The first is that the available footprints for pcb need some
> serious work. The default ones in the geda-user m4 scripts are
> virtually unuseable. If you go and look at the TQFP packages, the
> pads on oposite sides of the TQFP don't even line up.  I think
> there is some cumulative rounding error going on here.  Also, for
> most of the through-hole components, the holes are way too small to
> actually mount the device.=20 The problems also extended to SOICs
> and other components.
>
>As a result, I ended up creating virtually all my own elements, and
>used those in the project.  I can post them if people are
> interested.

Better yet, contribute them to the next release.

>Anyhow, thanks for producing a product that allows me to do what I
>want, even if it is a bit rough around the edges. :)
>
>Regards,
>
>Hans Johnson
>--=20
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>Hans Johnson (hjohnson@xxxxxx)
>B.ASc, Computer Engineering
>Simon Fraser University
>
>... Si hoc legere scis numium eruditionis habes. -- Anonymous

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