http://www.box.net/shared/3axnnkflhe That is the link. I'm not too worried about cost. I'm really wondering how to create the footprint that has the cutout in it.
On Sep 29, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Rick Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > What link? > > In general, rectangular openings are not well received by the PWB maker. If > they are large enough (somewhere in the range of 0.1 or 0.2 inches wide or > more) they can be routed, but that often costs a bit more. A small > rectangular pin is typically accommodated by notching the edge of the board, > but if you want it in the middle, that would be a long notch. > > Oh, wait, you mean electrical connection pins! I was thinking of an > alignment pin. I had this exact problem and I just used round holes large > enough to push the pins through. In fact, I fudged the sizes a bit so I > didn't have lots of different drills. My power connector (may be similar to > yours) used five rectangular electrical pins and one alignment pin. The > round holes seemed to work just fine. CUI jack barrel 5.5x2.1 mm PJ-051AH > > Is this what you are talking about? > > Rick > > > At 06:44 PM 9/29/2010, you wrote: >> Hi, >> im designing something using a 3.5mm audio jack that is space confined, i >> need to use a jack that mounts in the middle of the circuit board. >> unfortunatly i cant figure out how to make the cutout in the footprint or >> the rectangular(with circular ends) pins. the link is a picture of the >> footprint. >> thanks, dave >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
