Re: gEDA-user: Ground color

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 23:28 -0700, Ben Jackson wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 01:27:51AM +0100, Peter Clifton wrote:
> > 
> > The lightbulb which lit up in my head in response to that suggestion:...
> > 
> > I've long wanted "rat parts", so I could list a load of footprints for
> > PCB to queue up for placement.
> 
> My personal nickname for this idea is 'tetris placement'.  You know how
> tetris shows you the next piece and then you place it...  So there'd be
> a window with a vertical column of parts.  You'd place the bottommost one
> and they'd all slide down.  It would choose the order using algorithms
> like I envisioned for 'smart disperse' -- it'd give you an LED and then
> its resistor, for example.  You'd be able to defer the current part or
> just resort the list around a new starting point.

That sounds cool.

If we make it too much like a game of tetris, we might just have to
introduce a timer, and some system of scoring ;).

Will just have to avoid all the placed components disappearing if you
line them up in a row ;)

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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