Re: gEDA-user: sot23 diode symbol

[Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DJ Delorie wrote:
> gschem symbols do not have to have the same number of pins as the
> footprints you use.  Feel free to put a diode in a DIP-40 footprint.
> The only key is that the pin *numbers* have to match.  So, if you have
> a sot-23 footprint diode that uses pins 1 and 3, you can't use a
> gschem diode that uses pins 1 and 2.  Be careful of anode/cathode
> matching too.

Especially be careful about anode/cathode matching in an SOT-23.  That 
particular package is notorious for having a whole bunch of minor 
mechanical and pinout (if a pinout difference can ever be considered 
minor) changes across vendors.

-Dan


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