Re: gEDA-user: Fwd: [Open-graphics] How to get more eyes on OGD1 schematic?

[Xtian Xultz <xultz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Em Ter 14 Mar 2006 19:01, John Sheahan escreveu:
> Xtian Xultz wrote:
> > Thats the first time I had seen a part in a "U" shape... thats very ugly
> > to me...
> > And a lot of capacitors, all in paralell, the ICs withou power pins...
> > how can somebody deffend that kind of design style? (I am not saying the
> > schematic is bad, I just dislike a lot that style, but a lot of people
> > thinks thats the best design style, which I cant understand).
>
> Xtian
> when you come up with a schematic style that looks good for any chip in
> a package with lots of balls (here a 672 fpga with its IO banking does
> not help)  _please_ share it with us.

Can you say me the IC part number, I will take a look at the datasheet, maybe 
I have a good idea (but I dont think I will)...

> Schematics are great for something that fits on a page. Preferably a
> small page.     Bigger than that, I think HDL wins.      And there is
> lots of inertia.
>
> And parts of these things , for example the power supplies, still look
> best (to my eye anyway) as a schematic.
> john