Yes, next month is about doing layout using PCB. It goes over creating footprints, starting the board, placing the components, routing, and generating Gerbers, amongst other topics.
Stuart > > > --=-cZbQ9H2LJlgjP9bNLUVm > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Stuart, > > Will forward comments to CC. Will article 2, next month, present PCB > with real board? > > George > > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 13:22 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote: > > > > Page 48 of the March 2006 Circuit Cellar has an article by Stuart > > > Bronson. > > > > > > I have two problems with it: > > > > > > 1. The title should have been: > > > > > > "Simple PCB design with the gEDA Suite" > > > > It had to be something catchy; Since CC has a large robot hobbiest > > readership, the proximity sensor title was the obvious choice. > > > > Anyway, the article was conceived to be a trojan horse for publishing > > a gEDA PCB design HOWTO. The circuit is basically trivial, and > > unimportant compared to the info about how to use gEDA. > > > > > 2. The article is so well written that the real author should stand > > > forward. > > > > Thanks! I'm the real author, believe it or not. CC didn't do much > > editing. And I *do* have the ability to write fairly well. I realize > > this isn't a common trait amongst folks in science/engineering ... > > > > Please send this comment to the CC editor! > > > > http://www.circuitcellar.com/magazine/readerio/comment.htm > > > > I'm contemplating more articles on the open-souce EDA scene for them, > > and having positive reader comments helps keep them interested. > > > > Stuart
