Wojciech Kazubski wrote:
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On my list of things to do is a big library cleanup. In CVS, there are
good footprints in ~geda for things like 0603 which follow the IPC
naming conventions. I suppose my next step should be to kill all of the
others.
Are this names easy to learn?
My friend uses Cadstar to design PCBs. The program uses numeric designator for
footprints, and he cannot do anything without a copybook containing package
names, (or drawings) and translation to Cadstar numbers.
Wojciech Kazubski
yes and no. For example an 0603 capacitor is CAPC2012L, CAPC2012N, and
CAPC2012M. L=least, N=nominal, M=most. So if you want to be agressive
with small pads use the "L", and "M" for larger pads. The 2012 is from
the metric dimensions.
Since many people may be using just "0603" as the footprint name, I left
those names and they basically refer to something which is based on
the nominal footprint for capacitors, resistors, and inductors.
Right now 0201 through 1825 size packages have IPC footprints.
So, are they easy to learn? Maybe, but at least you have a fighting
chance of some consistancy. In other words, you probably have the best
chance of getting the same footprint with the same name in another package.
-Dan
