Re: gEDA-user: Some lib footprints have silk on pads

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Jackson
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 12:50:50AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > BTW, any idea why shift-paste buffer does not replace the first time? > > First I've heard of it. ...tests... Works for me the first time. Oh, I see what it is now, if the single-click into the window brings focus, you can place

Re: gEDA-user: Some lib footprints have silk on pads

2007-11-13 Thread DJ Delorie
> BTW, any idea why shift-paste buffer does not replace the first time? First I've heard of it. ...tests... Works for me the first time. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: Some lib footprints have silk on pads

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Jackson
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 07:37:20AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > I just noticed by chance (turned off the silk layer while looking) > > that the silkscreen on the SSOP28 footprint overlaps the pads. > > I just fixed this a few days ago. BTW, any idea why shift-paste buffer does not replace the

Re: gEDA-user: 10-32 mounting screw

2007-11-13 Thread DJ Delorie
The bounding box math was still based on the old thermals. I checked in a fix. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

gEDA-user: 10-32 mounting screw

2007-11-13 Thread Ian Chapman
Hi, I have created the following element and I anticipated it to be 500 mil dia so I expected to have the mounting hole 250 mil from the edges of the pcb in each corner. The best I can get is about 320 mil as there is a mysterious box round the element when selected. I need to have the mo

Re: gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread Steve Meier
John Doty wrote: > "Do nothing gracefully". > > I was going to get around to that ... tomorrow. Steve m. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread John Doty
On Nov 13, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Transistor Toaster wrote: > Thanks Peter, I just put those in. Do you know if there's a DRC to > flag > errors on pins that are left totally unconnected (i.e. not even the NC > symbol)? > Yes, there is, drc2 does that. Very annoying. Unconnected pins are not erro

Re: gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread joe tarantino
Unless something has changed recently, be aware that gnetlist will connect all NC pins together on a net called No-Connect. You may need to manually delete it from the netlist. If you make it "graphical" as Ben suggests, the DRC may not see it(?) and thus can't flag it as an error. (Please chime

Re: gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Jackson
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 05:51:05PM -0500, Transistor Toaster wrote: > Hello, > For unused pins in gschem, is there a no connect symbol? If so could > somebody tell me where to find it? I didn't find those others, I made this. The graphical=1 keeps things from moaning. v 20070526 1 P 0 100 100 10

Re: gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 19:37 -0500, Transistor Toaster wrote: > > Thanks Peter, I just put those in. Do you know if there's a DRC to > flag > errors on pins that are left totally unconnected (i.e. not even the NC > symbol)? > Frank Sorry, I don't know.. perhaps some of the DRC proponents will ans

Re: gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread Transistor Toaster
Thanks Peter, I just put those in. Do you know if there's a DRC to flag errors on pins that are left totally unconnected (i.e. not even the NC symbol)? Frank On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:16:32 +, "Peter Clifton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 17:51 -0500, Transistor Toaster wr

Re: gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 17:51 -0500, Transistor Toaster wrote: > Hello, > For unused pins in gschem, is there a no connect symbol? If so could > somebody tell me where to find it? > Thanks, > Frank There are a few... under the "misc" library: nc-bottom-1.sym nc-left-1.sym nc-right-1.sym nc-top-1.

gEDA-user: No connect pin symbol in gschem

2007-11-13 Thread Transistor Toaster
Hello, For unused pins in gschem, is there a no connect symbol? If so could somebody tell me where to find it? Thanks, Frank -- Transistor Toaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/ma

Re: gEDA-user: Can't get outline layer working

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Jackson
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 02:43:41PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > behaviour if i export in gerber format... > > Yes. PCB always exports your whole work area, whether it has zero, > one, or many outlines defined in it. ...and having a gerber with silk outside the board and an origin away from 0 is

Re: gEDA-user: Can't get outline layer working

2007-11-13 Thread DJ Delorie
> > You're not missing anything. The "outline" layer is for the fab, not > > for pcb itself. It lets you have an area outside the finished board > > to work with, for example. > > OK, that's why i can place components outside this area, but as showed > in the attachment (fab.ps and outline.ps),

Re: gEDA-user: Can't get outline layer working

2007-11-13 Thread Christian Gagneraud
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 07:38 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > You're not missing anything. The "outline" layer is for the fab, not > for pcb itself. It lets you have an area outside the finished board > to work with, for example. OK, that's why i can place components outside this area, but as showed in

Re: gEDA-user: Some lib footprints have silk on pads

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Jackson
On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 08:37:20AM -0500, John Luciani wrote: > > How different Is the SSOP from the TSSOP? > I have a TSSOP-65P-640L1-28N on my site. >From a JEDEC definition: SSOP: Shrink Small-Outline Package; 0.65-mm lead pitch; 5.3-mm wide body (MO-150; variation AA (8-ld)). TSSOP: Thin S

Re: gEDA-user: Gerber view

2007-11-13 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 11:44 -0500, Dave McGuire wrote: > On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Ian Chapman wrote: > > Stupid question, using gerbv in ubuntu I go > > Applifations/Education/Gerber viewer and I get the program up and > > running. From gerbv I do File/Open project and according to man I

Re: gEDA-user: Gerber view

2007-11-13 Thread Dave McGuire
On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Ian Chapman wrote: > Stupid question, using gerbv in ubuntu I go > Applifations/Education/Gerber viewer and I get the program up and > running. From gerbv I do File/Open project and according to man I > should load the project file. As an aside...why would it

Re: gEDA-user: OT: RS232-TTL level translator in a box

2007-11-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Peter TB Brett wrote: >On Tuesday 13 November 2007 13:31:40 ED wrote: >> Not sure if its what you were looking for, however we have been playing >> with these FTDI chips for a little while now and they have been working >> great. Basically you plug this little beast in

Re: gEDA-user: OT: RS232-TTL level translator in a box

2007-11-13 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 13:31:40 ED wrote: > Not sure if its what you were looking for, however we have been playing > with these FTDI chips for a little while now and they have been working > great. Basically you plug this little beast in and get a virtual serial > port. Works as a USB to se

Re: gEDA-user: Gerber view

2007-11-13 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 09:31 -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote: > Thanks for the kudos, but the real hero is Stefan, who wrote the > program. Sure, but thanks for answering my (unasked) question ;) > I'll be checking in some patches and then spinning 1.0.3 any day now. > (Dealing with this was part of

Re: gEDA-user: Gerber view

2007-11-13 Thread Stuart Brorson
Thanks for the kudos, but the real hero is Stefan, who wrote the program. I'll be checking in some patches and then spinning 1.0.3 any day now. (Dealing with this was part of our Free Dog gathering last Sun.) After that we'll open up a quick discussion about future features in gerbv, as well as w

Re: gEDA-user: Gerber view

2007-11-13 Thread Peter Clifton
On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 09:19 -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote: > To view a Gerber file, do a right mouse button on one of the numbered > buttons on the right, then use the pop-up menu to open the Gerber file > you want to see. Then right mouse on the next button, and open the > next layer, etc. Stuart

Re: gEDA-user: Gerber view

2007-11-13 Thread Stuart Brorson
To view a Gerber file, do a right mouse button on one of the numbered buttons on the right, then use the pop-up menu to open the Gerber file you want to see. Then right mouse on the next button, and open the next layer, etc. When you are done, you can save your layer arrangement as a gerbv projec

gEDA-user: Gerber view

2007-11-13 Thread Ian Chapman
Hi, Stupid question, using gerbv in ubuntu I go Applifations/Education/Gerber viewer and I get the program up and running. From gerbv I do File/Open project and according to man I should load the project file. My question what is the project file and what do I put in it so as to v

Re: gEDA-user: Some lib footprints have silk on pads

2007-11-13 Thread John Luciani
On Nov 13, 2007 2:29 AM, Ben Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone got a better SSOP? I bet John Luciani has some almost-perfect > TSSOP scripts to modify. :) Thanks. How different Is the SSOP from the TSSOP? I have a TSSOP-65P-640L1-28N on my site. (* jcl *) -- http://www.luciani.or

Re: gEDA-user: OT: RS232-TTL level translator in a box

2007-11-13 Thread ED
Not sure if its what you were looking for, however we have been playing with these FTDI chips for a little while now and they have been working great. Basically you plug this little beast in and get a virtual serial port. Works as a USB to serial converter. Drivers for Linux, Mac, and XP, Vi

Re: gEDA-user: Can't get outline layer working

2007-11-13 Thread DJ Delorie
You're not missing anything. The "outline" layer is for the fab, not for pcb itself. It lets you have an area outside the finished board to work with, for example. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailma

Re: gEDA-user: Some lib footprints have silk on pads

2007-11-13 Thread DJ Delorie
> I just noticed by chance (turned off the silk layer while looking) > that the silkscreen on the SSOP28 footprint overlaps the pads. I just fixed this a few days ago. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mai

Re: gEDA-user: OT: RS232-TTL level translator in a box

2007-11-13 Thread Stuart Brorson
This is the kind of thing B&B Electronics does. Check this page: http://www.bb-elec.com/product_family.asp?FamilyId=19&Trail=2&TrailType=Top Stuart On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Matt Ettus wrote: > Anybody know of an RS232 to TTL level translator board or kit that > comes complete? Possibly in a box?

gEDA-user: Can't get outline layer working

2007-11-13 Thread Christian Gagneraud
Hi all, I have followed some thread in the mailing list archive about outline layer within pcb but... So i have added a layer named "outline", i drawn a rectangle on it with 10mil line thickness, but now when i export as ps or even gerber, pcb doesn't take my outline specification into account. I