Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] "first board" docs

[Darryl Gibson <n2diy@xxxxxxxxx>]

DJ Delorie wrote:
> I've been pondering the "your first board" chapter of the getting
> started guide.  I want to start small enough that it can be done
> without confusion or overload, but not so small that it's useless.
> Maybe I should do a few steps.
> 
> First board: two-pin jumper, resistor, LED.  All stock symbols and
> footprints, single layer board, no vias.
> 
> Second board: 555 blinky light.  Adds custom symbol/footprint for
> power jack, maybe djboxsym for 555 (the stock one has pins in
> inconvenient places).  I can include the custom files in with the
> docs, too.  This can be done SS with no vias.
> 
> Third: 555 SMT blinky.  Same thing, but mostly SMT, with a ground
> plane on the back.  This introduces SMT, vias, and thermals.
> 
> Comments?  Ideas?

Something functional, like a three terminal voltage regulator? Use it to
power your 555 circuits.
-- 
Darryl Gibson N2DIY
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