On Oct 27, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Kipton Moravec wrote: > Why in gods name would some one call a footprint 0603 when it is > really > an 0201.
Because that's what's on the datasheet. > Nobody uses a metric name for resistors or capacitors. I see it all the time. For example, here's a blurb that gives both with priority to metric: http://www.rohm.com/ad/mcr004/index.html And for a crazy mix of metric and imperial size codes, look at: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll? Cat=131082;keywords=tantalum And yes, I do use metric codes for tantalums, as there don't seem to be corresponding imperial codes for the sizes I commonly use. > You > folks are asking for trouble. No, we're just trying to cope. The trouble is already out there. John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd. http://www.noqsi.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
