Hi, thanks for the quick answer,
>>>>> "Dan" == Dan McMahill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> reading through the m4-style footprint definitions, I stumbled into >> the metric vs. non-metric footprint definitions >> (/usr/share/pcb/m4/geda.inc), i.e. 'RESC1005L', 'RESC1005N', >> 'CAPC1005L' etc which are approximately the same as '0402'. >> >> Now I'm just wondering, for parts that the manufacturer claims to be >> 0402, is there any advantage in choosing one of the more specific >> metric footprints? > [..] > "L" = Least material condition "N" = Nominal material condition "M" = > Most material condition. > The 0402 is there because it had been there for a good bit and lots of > folks were still very much wanting footprints with names like 0402, > 0603, 1206. So whats there is roughly the "N" version thats between > the CAPC and RESC ones. So this means, choosing just the 0402 footprint, without making a difference between resitors, capacitors and inductors, will still be manufacturable, but might not be optimum for a factory's specifications? Then I think I won't touch my design :) But good to know for any future projects. Especially if I'm ever going to hand-solder a SMD board, the "M" footprints will come in handy, I guess. David -- GnuPG public key: http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~dvdkhlng/dk.gpg Fingerprint: B17A DC95 D293 657B 4205 D016 7DEF 5323 C174 7D40 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
