Re: gEDA-user: Interest in PCB footprint generation scripts?

[Olgierd Eysymontt <olgierd.eysymontt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

May be you can write a script that upload the symbol automagically :D ?
that will be great, some categories and everybody auto uploading their
symbols to a central repository.


Olgierd Eysymontt
http://www.tea-tec.cl





On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 20:28 -0500, Darrell Harmon wrote:
> I am currently writing a set of python scripts to generate PCB 
> footprints.  The idea behind what I am doing is to make it easy to 
> create footprints for a project from the components datasheets quickly.  
> I have it working for BGA parts so far, and will be adding QFP, SO, SOT, 
> DIP, ...  Is there any interest in this?  If so, I will clean it up, 
> write documentation and put it on my website.  Suggestions are welcome.  
> The set of scripts will be licensed under the GPL, but there will be an 
> exception so that the output will be public domain.
> 
> Input to generate Xilinx FT256 BGA:
> 
> type = "bga"
> pitch = 1mm
> silkwidth = 10 mils
> balldia = 0.4mm
> maskclear = 0.1mm
> polyclear = 6 mil
> silkboxwidth = 17mm
> silkboxheight = 17mm
> rows = 16
> cols = 16
> part = "FT256"
> 
> I have attempted to design so that the input data is simple to 
> understand and modify.  Notice how the mixed units are allowed.  The 
> script converts automatically from inches, mils or mm.
>