Hi all, maybe 2m could be an important limitation. What is the limitation of using a 10 nm unit?
I think it is important to talk about it, especially now that somebody has brought up an apparent limitation. cheers Fabrizio On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/08/2012 02:28 PM, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 04/08/2012 07:14 AM, Edwin van den Oetelaar wrote: >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> From: Edwin van den Oetelaar <[email protected]> >>>> Date: Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:28 PM >>>> Subject: remarks about the internal nanometer resolution >>>> To: KiCad Developers <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> First of, I have not followed the discussion about the NanoMeter. >>>> I do have some remarks. >>>> >From an engineering standpoint the NanoMeter makes little sense to me. >>>> If the smallest item represented is a nano-meter, in a 32 bit integer >>>> this means the largest board can be only 2.14 meters in size. (-/+ of >>>> the origin) >>>> >From my viewpoint this is not enough. (I know of CNC machines much >>>> larger than 2 meters) >>>> I have seen boards (radar systems and backplanes of 60 layers) which >>>> do not fit in there either. >>> >>> a) This is a single BOARD of this size > 2 meters, or replication array of >>> a smaller board? >> Although it has been only once that I seen one, the board was a single >> board of a radar system >> similar to >> http://www.atc-network.com/News/34754/Thales-wins-contracts-to-supply-air-traffic-management-and-radar-systems-for-Croatias-Zagreb-Airport > > My time is too valuable to even continue this conversation. I think > nano-meters will meet > my needs and the needs of many. > > The business needing a board larger than 2 meters can hire somebody to create > a patch at > that time. > > Thanks, > > Dick > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
