Re: gEDA-user: Pin statement

[Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 25, 2008, at 7:46 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:09:14 -0400, Robert Butts wrote:
>
> > Will the Pin statement in the footprint definition below give me a  
> > 2.1
> > mm square hole with no copper annulus?
>     ^^^^^^
> How would a drill for square holes look like? ;-)

:-P   but they are not called drills anymore they are called broaches.


> > Do I need a clearance and mask?
>
> Yes. Unless you provide a properly cleared mask, the hole will be
> covered with mask enamel. The hole might get congested. Some fabs
> complain if the diameter of a covered hole is beyond a certain limit.
>
> There is a footprint for an inverted version of the BPW photo diode
> in my section of gedasymbols.org:
> http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/kai_martin_knaak/footprints/specific/BPW34S_upsidedown.fp
>
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