Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
The solder paste pattern emitted by PCB seems to coincide exactly with the copper of the pads. This is a reasonable default. But there are use cases where a different solder paste size is better. 1) A pad completely covered with solder mask should not receive any solder paste. This kind of pads are useful a way to achieve tracks in footprints.
Add the "nopaste" flag
My way is to make the main pad "nopaste" and add smaller pads within the bigger pad.2) Pads partly covered by solder mask should receive a solder mask pillow that corresponds to the hole in the mask, rather than to the pads copper dimensions. Such partly covered pads are useful as a heat sink.
And my own question to add: is there a way to shrink all solder paste openings, say, 5%?
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