Re: gEDA-user: (hierarchy-uref-mangle "disabled") doesn't seem to work when generting a bom

2010-09-14 Thread Mike Crowe
abled by (hierarchy-uref-mangle "disabled") By keeping the separator as a "/" everything works. I was also wrong to say that the operation was different for gnetlist and gsch2pcb. The operation appears to be the same. On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 15:40 -0500, Mike Crowe

gEDA-user: (hierarchy-uref-mangle "disabled") doesn't seem to work when generting a bom

2010-09-02 Thread Mike Crowe
t Ettus starts here ;; ;;; Bill Of Materials Generator ;;; You must have a file called attribs in the pwd ;;; The file should be a text list of attributes you want listed, ;;; One per line. No comments are allowed in the file. ;;; Questions? Contact m...@ettus.com ;;; This software is released under t

Re: gEDA-user: Non-linear spice models for power sources operating near stall

2010-06-04 Thread Mike Crowe
Turned out that the mechanical coupling coefffient is so low that a stall cannot occur. So Matthew W.'s #1 approach will work for me. Thanks everyone for the help! Mike On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 20:13 +0200, Armin Faltl wrote: > > Mike Crowe wrote: > >>3. More complicat

Re: gEDA-user: Non-linear spice models for power sources operating near stall

2010-06-02 Thread Mike Crowe
deliver peak power from the mechanical system regardless of the available input power (wave action). In addition to modeling the motor, I will need to model the mechanical components.I looked briefly at the SC site, but it requires a plug-in that I don't have. > ___

gEDA-user: Non-linear spice models for power sources operating near stall

2010-06-02 Thread Mike Crowe
Hello Somewhat off topic, but I am working on an energy harvesting device which uses a small generator (<100W). I am looking for a spice model that I can use as a template to create a model for the motor dynamics near stall. Can anyone point me to a good starting point? Thanks Mike __

Re: gEDA-user: new components

2010-02-05 Thread Mike Crowe
On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 15:55 -0800, Ben Jackson wrote: > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 06:11:44PM -0500, resea...@ottomaneng.com wrote: > > I'm also creating symbols for an FPGA and a DSP which naturally has alot > > of pins. I've once heard of using multiple files for the symbols so you > > For a real

Re: gEDA-user: Complex footprint creation

2009-05-05 Thread Mike Crowe
OK I have written a crude application that generates a footprint with pads. I still have to work out the details, but the solution looks to be workable. Thanks everyone for your ideas! Mike On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 15:48 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > > Do I need to freehand the object in PCB (as trace

gEDA-user: Complex footprint creation

2009-05-05 Thread Mike Crowe
Hello All! I am building a footprint for an Omron Ultra-low Profile Dome Key membrane switch (PN: b3d see www.omron.com/ecb/products/pdf/en-b3d.pdf for details) . The suggested footprint is a solid disk in the middle and an annular ring around that inner disk. How do I generate a footpr

Re: gEDA-user: gnetlist backend for xml-bom generation

2009-02-25 Thread Mike Crowe
Thanks I know so little about scheme that I don't know what's needed and what's not! On Wed, 2009-02-25 at 21:18 +, Peter TB Brett wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2009 19:22:37 Mike Crowe wrote: > > >(define xmlsearchandreplace > > (lambda (s1 sstring rstr

Re: gEDA-user: gnetlist backend for xml-bom generation

2009-02-25 Thread Mike Crowe
o I'm happy. I'll post a patch soon. Thanks again for your quick reply! On Tue, 2009-02-24 at 00:03 +, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 16:55 -0600, Mike Crowe wrote: > > Hello all > > > > I've generated a preliminary gnetlist backend for ge

gEDA-user: gnetlist backend for xml-bom generation

2009-02-23 Thread Mike Crowe
how to do this filter conversion directly with the backend toolset (guile)? 2) Who do I contact to get my little backend into the main code branch? :-) Thanks -- +---+ Mike Crowe Gulf Coast Data Concepts 611 Nicholson Av

Re: gEDA-user: pcb 20081128 hangs when loading element data paste buffer

2009-02-12 Thread Mike Crowe
tp://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user -- +---+ Mike Crowe Gulf Coast Data Concepts 611 Nicholson Ave Waveland, MS 39576 e-mail: mcr...@gcdataconcepts.com phone: 228.424.6307 30d 17.753' North 089d 22.022' West home of the

gEDA-user: pcb 20081128 hangs when loading element data paste buffer

2009-02-11 Thread Mike Crowe
. ps : Postscript export. eps : Encapsulated Postscript Printers: lpr : Postscript print. As usual thanks in advance. -- +---+ Mike Crowe Gulf Coast Data Concepts 611 Nicholson Ave Waveland, MS 39576 e-mail: mcr...@gcdataconcepts.c

gEDA-user: Sorry double post

2009-01-06 Thread Mike Crowe
Sorry about the double post. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: symbol databases, was Re: Wish list, sort of

2009-01-06 Thread Mike Crowe
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 20:36 +, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:26:08 -0500, Dave McGuire wrote: > > > But database servers, MySQL servers > > in particular, are pretty ubiquitous, and the API is easy. > > No doubt, a data base can be fine and powerful. However, many tasks hav

Re: gEDA-user: Wish list, sort of

2009-01-06 Thread Mike Crowe
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 12:50 +, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 13:45 +0100, Werner Hoch wrote: > > > libgeda (gschem) has an interface where you can connect a database. So then I write a backend tool that gschem accesses through libgeda that allows it to access information? If so

Re: gEDA-user: Wish list, sort of

2009-01-05 Thread Mike Crowe
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 22:12 +, r wrote: > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Mike Crowe wrote: > > There was talk a while ago about integrating gschem with a database. > > Any status change on that? Any way I can help implement/test with > > mysql? > > What do y

gEDA-user: Wish list, sort of

2009-01-05 Thread Mike Crowe
There was talk a while ago about integrating gschem with a database. Any status change on that? Any way I can help implement/test with mysql? -- +---+ Mike Crowe Gulf Coast Data Concepts 611 Nicholson Ave Waveland, MS 39576 e-mail: mcr

Re: gEDA-user: Solaris build problems, 'elp?

2009-01-05 Thread Mike Crowe
I second that. VERY NICE. Finally getting away from that dated DOS app looking output. On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 14:25 -0500, Dave McGuire wrote: > On Jan 5, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > >> Now if we could only do something about that horrid font. > > > > Your wish is Peter Clifto

Re: gEDA-user: pcb anti-environment coating?

2009-01-02 Thread Mike Crowe
I have used these for enclosures in the past. They seem to work OK (no complaints with moisture build up) http://www.gore.com/en_xx/products/venting/protective/telecom/adhesive_holder.html I don't have a good handle though on where to purchase them in small qty though. On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 17:0

Re: gEDA-user: Attaching trace to a rectangle

2008-12-02 Thread Mike Crowe
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 12:28 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > I looked under File->Preferences and don't see anything resembling > > bloat / shrink, or preferences for polygons. Ideas? > > File->Preferences->Sizes > > "minimum touching copper overlap" is shrink. > > "minimum copper spacing" is bloat

Re: gEDA-user: Attaching trace to a rectangle

2008-12-02 Thread Mike Crowe
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 11:34 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 22:14 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > Ok, the problem seems to be that your bloat/shrink are set to the > > > design rules, instead of just a little less. Change them to 9.99 mil > > > and it works. > > I'm not clear whe

Re: gEDA-user: Attaching trace to a rectangle

2008-12-02 Thread Mike Crowe
On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 22:14 -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > Ok, the problem seems to be that your bloat/shrink are set to the > design rules, instead of just a little less. Change them to 9.99 mil > and it works. I'm not clear where these settings are? Do edit the ~/.pcb/preferences file manually? > B

Re: gEDA-user: Silkscreen Logo

2008-11-04 Thread Mike Crowe
If an SVG file generated with third party software package (Potrace, AutoTrace, Inkscape or Delineate, ) exists, then an xslt can in theory be used to generate output compatible with pcb. Is someone working on such an xslt? If not, what would be the best way to import the resulting output

Re: gEDA-user: External attribute read/write - how?

2008-10-22 Thread Mike Crowe
I'd like to second Franks request. Our company has an established internal parts database (mysql) from which I'd like to be able to use to stuff attributes with. I've looked at the raw schematic file format and it appears to be straight forward (except for auto placement on the schematic of th

Re: gEDA-user: PCB to IGES converstion?

2008-10-13 Thread Mike Crowe
On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 21:23 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: Cool beans! I've looked at the code (very briefly) and have a few questions. See below. > Hi Mike, > > On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 09:21 -0500, Mike Crowe wrote: > > Hi all > > > > Another question for

gEDA-user: PCB to IGES converstion?

2008-10-10 Thread Mike Crowe
Hi all Another question for the group. Is anyone working on a tool or know how to import a pcb layout to an IGES file? Background I just did my second design with PCB. Works great! Kudos to you all! unfortunately for me, when we assembled the prototype, one of the components had a m

Re: gEDA-user: PCB script questions

2008-09-24 Thread Mike Crowe
On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 12:26 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote: > You can export directly from the command line: > > pcb -x gerber $*.pcb Wow! just what I was looking for! Thanks. > > > ___ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.or

gEDA-user: PCB script questions

2008-09-24 Thread Mike Crowe
Hello I am trying to automate my Gerber generation process through a Makefile (use the hammer that you know:-). I see that PCB as a command line option "--script filename" that could potentially be used to export the Gerber's and then exit. Something like this ... export gerber somefile