I was going to reply something about "why are you linking to some stupid flash website with a jpeg on it instead of .pdf off manufacturer's website" but then I thought audio jacks are serious business and he's probably not allowed to disclose any more information than this under a NDA.
-tc On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Rick Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure what to make of this part. If this is the only info you have > on this part, I wouldn't use it until I get one in hand. It looks to me > like this is intended for the body of the part to sit in the plane of the > board with pins along the edges. Notice the drawing shows the edge of the > PCB being cut back for the part. The three pins have two outlines, an inner > and an outer one (I've got no idea what that means). The two rectangles at > the top look like surface mount tabs to me. That is a very strange way to > mount a part, especially in the center of the board. Is that what you see? > > I think this drawing can only be properly interpreted if you have a clear > idea of what the part looks like. > > Rick > > > At 07:28 PM 9/29/2010, you wrote: > >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
