All, Thanks for the help on the sot23 diode. The symbol with just two pins numbered 1 and 3 went into the layout tool just fine. I really thought I needed to have a virtual pin 2 specified somehow but this seems to not be the case. I will also check out the symbols created by others to see how they have been built. I have run into sot23 numbering inconsistencies between manufacturers in the past and had to respin a board as a result so I'm picky when it comes to this package. Thanks again.
Best Regards, Ed Schurig ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan McMahill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gEDA user mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 3:37 PM Subject: Re: gEDA-user: sot23 diode symbol > DJ Delorie wrote: >> gschem symbols do not have to have the same number of pins as the >> footprints you use. Feel free to put a diode in a DIP-40 footprint. >> The only key is that the pin *numbers* have to match. So, if you have >> a sot-23 footprint diode that uses pins 1 and 3, you can't use a >> gschem diode that uses pins 1 and 2. Be careful of anode/cathode >> matching too. > > Especially be careful about anode/cathode matching in an SOT-23. That > particular package is notorious for having a whole bunch of minor > mechanical and pinout (if a pinout difference can ever be considered > minor) changes across vendors. > > -Dan > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
