Re: gEDA-user: inverted pins?

["John Luciani" <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/19/06, DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > * make the pins 100 units long.
>
> Isn't the standard 300 mils (3 grid steps) long?

The standard is 300 mils. My preference is to make smaller symbols.

>  How do you place pin numbers when there's an inversion bubble?

I usually do not use the inversion bubble (but I probably should).
I looked at your symbol and it is very similar to symbols that I
create.

> >   * group related pins 200 units apart. A minimum space of 300 units between
> >     pin groups.
>
> Spec says 400 units for related pins.  I used 800 units (i.e. skip a
> pin) to separate groups.

My preference is for smaller symbols.

> >   * I usually place the refdes in the upper left corner and the mfg
> >   part number in the lower left corner.
>
> What about other notes, like generic part type (i.e. RAM size)?  I
> chose centered in the box so I could list as many as needed.

If there are a lot of notes or long part numbers I would center the part number
and notes like you did.

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