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-- Cut here -- From: Stephen Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IPC-SM-782A is 228 pages. It does contain documentation for TS-005 which is what "I think" TO-263 has been renamed as. Chad Robinson wrote: > Stephen Meier wrote: > >> There is a document. I have a copy. But it is copyrighted and sold at >> http://www.ipc.org/ for $150.00 >> >> >> IPC-SM-782A "Surface Mount Design and Land Pattern Standard" > > > How many elements does it describe? Is it a general standard that > describes land patterns for N-size components (e.g. for a 0.8 pitch > quad, this is what it should look like regardless of pin count) or > does it describe every component in detail? > > Frankly, I'm not sure it's worth the effort. What does everybody else > do regularly? Personally I spend a lot of time dealing with custom > components, like Hirose PCB connectors, special crystal/resonator > packages, etc. In Circuitmaker I have a library of dozens of these > things that I've put together over the years, that I'd be happy to > contribute. What I CAN'T stomach is making the footprints that I > haven't had to make, like the TO-263. Am I just not looking in the > right spot? > > Regards, > Chad > >
