Thanks for the suggestions; I have figured out that making newlib footprints is not nearly as scary as the M4 version.
But now when I try to load a netlist, pcb refuses saying, "Empty netlist file!" The netlist file I am trying to load contains the following:
unnamed_net8 U1-1 J1-8
unnamed_net7 U1-10 J1-7
unnamed_net6 U2-16 J1-6
unnamed_net5 U1-2 U2-3 J1-5
unnamed_net4 U2-1 U1-3 J1-4
unnamed_net3 U2-2 U1-12 J1-3
unnamed_net2 U1-11 U2-7 U2-14 J1-2
unnamed_net1 U2-10 U1-4 J1-1
As you can see, it is not a complex design, and the netlist file is not empty. Is this likely to be something I have messed up in my footprints? Or is it something else? (Note: both U1 and U2 use footprints that I have developed myself).
Thanks for your help,
Tom
On 6/23/06,
swm@xxxxxxxxxxxx <swm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:If you are looking for a way to make gEDA footprints, there's a Python
script by Darrell Harmon that can generate PCB footprints from a simple
script. You can change key paramaters from the script (pad size, number
of pads, etc) pretty easily. It's also not too hard to modify the Python
code, if a script is not powerful enough. See:
http://www.dlharmon.com/geda/footgen.html
Steve Morss
> Hi,
>
> Harold Skank, gEDA user here. The best footprint source I have found (I
> probably had to buy, I don't recall) is a CDROM entitled "IPC Generic
> Requirements for Surface Mount Land Pattern and Design Standard," by
> TECHStreet. The "gotcha" is that it is a Microsoft compatible product.
> Perhaps you could run it under WINE. I never could, but I didn't spend
> much time trying either.
>
> Harold Skank
>
> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 14:44 +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have been an occasional gEDA user for a few years now, but haven't
>> had to ask questions before.
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can find PCB footprints for land grid array
>> packages? I am only looking for the low pin-count varieties, not the
>> 1000+ pin monstors. I want to use components such as Analog Devices'
>> ADIS16003 in a design, but can't find any reference to using these
>> types of packages with gEDA. I think I can come up with my own
>> schematic symbols, but creating a new PCB footprint is probably beyond
>> me at this stage.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
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