Re: gEDA-user: bottom side pad only in PCB

["harry eaton" <bumpelo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nope, not true. You can have the silk on top - a phenomenon that someone
recently was doing by accident.

h.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan McMahill" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geda-user@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:38 AM
Subject: Re: gEDA-user: bottom side pad only in PCB


> Is it true that this method will cause any silk screen outline to end up
> on the bottom side of the board then (the same side which has the SMT
pads)?
>
> harry eaton wrote:
> > Dan,
> >
> > Let's start by assuming you can tolerate a tiny annular ring on the top
> > side. If so, then make the pins have a miniscule annular ring and place
SMD
> > pads over them on the back side; use identical pin numbers for the pads
and
> > pins that are coincident.
> >
> > If you can't tolerate plated holes, then simply make SMD pads on the
back
> > side and make pure "mounting" holes for the pins to feed through.
> >
> > Either of these is fully supported with the current pcb code. Eventually
we
> > could have the pin annular ring have per-layer size.
> >
> > h.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan McMahill" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <geda-user@xxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:17 PM
> > Subject: gEDA-user: bottom side pad only in PCB
> >
> >
> >
> >>anyone ever have to deal with a part which is leaded but only wants a
> >>solderside pad in PCB?  I think it just doesn't do it currently.  Anyone
> >>have a workaround until I can get time to fix this?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>-Dan
> >>
> >>p.s.  Think metal package parts...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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