Re: gEDA-user: Suggestions for using a capacitive sensor IC

[Dave N6NZ <n6nz@xxxxxxxx>]

How about just making a small copper arc with a big, fat track?
Of course, there is no component and footprint this way.
-dave

DJ Delorie wrote:
> If you just want a round electrode, define your footprint as a single
> SMT pad, rounded, with the same width and height.  This gives you a
> big circle of copper.  You can set the mask size to 0 to have it
> covered (you don't need electrical connectivity).
> 
> If you're having the boards assembled elsewhere, you'll want to write
> a script or something to search for those pads and omit them from the
> paste output.
> 
> For other shapes, it's probably easiest to create them while laying
> out the board, using some tiny SMT pad as the "official" pad.  Or you
> can build up a footprint from a collection of rounded and rectangular
> pads, just give them all the same pin number.
> 
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