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Re: gEDA-user: Footprint for an SMT chip resistor array



Michael Sokolov wrote:

Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



take a look in the ~panasonic library for footprints like PANASONIC_EXB14V. Those are the panasonix EXB series of SMT resistor arrays.



Thank you Dan, that's exactly what I was looking for! And they are M4 footprints, yay! I love M4! I adore M4! (Right now I'm in the process of reworking pcblib to work with The Real Thing, Dennis Ritchie's original M4 from UNIX Version 7, instead of GNU M4. I can't stand cheap copycats.)

A question though.  Looking at this family of footprints and the
corresponding pages of the Digi-Key catalog, I see that I have a number
of choices.  EXB18V, EXB28V, EXB38V, EXBN8V and EXBV8V will all do the
job.  EXB18V is a bit too small for me, so I'll exclude it from my
consideration, and I have yet to decide whether I want the smaller
28V/N8V or the larger 38V/V8V.  But the really tough one to decide for
me is whether to go with the 28V/38V style or the N8V/V8V style.  Would
anyone happen to have a suggestion as to which is generally better /
easier to work with etc?

Thanks,
MS


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Michael,

We've used the EXB-28V series on several boards. With some feedback from one of our board stuffers the footprint solders very repeatably. It's a newlib-style footprint, not m4. Let me know if you want me to post it.

Joe T.


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