Re: gEDA-user: gschem vs. PCB diode pin numbering - anode/cathode definition

2011-08-25 Thread Ethan Swint
On 08/24/2011 01:15 PM, Colin D Bennett wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:21:17 -0400 Ethan Swinteswint.r...@verizon.net wrote: On 08/23/2011 08:47 PM, Matthew Lewis wrote: I was double checking a pcb layout today and I discovered a rather nasty gotcha. It seems that gschem and PCB don't agree

Re: gEDA-user: gschem vs. PCB diode pin numbering - anode/cathode definition

2011-08-25 Thread Vanessa Ezekowitz
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:28:46 -0400 Ethan Swint eswint.r...@verizon.net wrote: On 08/24/2011 01:15 PM, Colin D Bennett wrote: On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:21:17 -0400 Ethan Swinteswint.r...@verizon.net wrote: On 08/23/2011 08:47 PM, Matthew Lewis wrote: I was double checking a pcb layout

Re: gEDA-user: gschem vs. PCB diode pin numbering - anode/cathode definition

2011-08-25 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:28:46 -0400 Ethan Swint eswint.r...@verizon.net wrote: On 08/24/2011 01:15 PM, Colin D Bennett wrote: I understand that it is electrical convention to name diode terminal anode and cathode, but I reject it as a confusing and ambiguous naming convention. Yes, it's

Re: gEDA-user: gschem vs. PCB diode pin numbering - anode/cathode definition

2011-08-24 Thread Colin D Bennett
On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:21:17 -0400 Ethan Swint eswint.r...@verizon.net wrote: On 08/23/2011 08:47 PM, Matthew Lewis wrote: I was double checking a pcb layout today and I discovered a rather nasty gotcha. It seems that gschem and PCB don't agree on which end of a diode should be pin 1.