This was mentioned by somebody else on the list last year, but the discussion turned to problems with simulating SMPS's on ngspice, and the original issue was never really addressed: http://archives.seul.org/geda/user/Oct-2006/msg00167.html
The issue is that schottky-1.sym has the cathode on pin 1 while all the other diodes (that I've checked) have pin 2 as the cathode. Is this just an old mistake that can't be fixed now because we have to preserve backward-compatibility? Or is there some logic to this? Is there any way to add a visible warning to the symbol (as an attribute, presumably, or permanent text) without breaking backward compatibility, and then create schottky-2.sym with the correct polarity? I ask because I just ran into it (again) myself, and it was only a little voice inside my head saying "Wait, wasn't there some problem with this symbol that you ran into last time?" that kept me from doing it wrong again. Granted, it only makes the silkscreen wrong, so once you figure out you've made the mistake you can just mount the part the other way. But still, that's a mistake that could fry some components if you don't catch it in time. -- Randall _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
