Hi Mike, Pay attention that many libraries available on the internet are converted libraries and such errors can occur. You have to check them carefully beforehand.
David On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:06 AM, mikebeauchampdotcom < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm working on my first project with kicad, and so far liking it > (although I've had to create a lot of modules by hand since, and I've > been sort of annoyed by a few things). > > I submitted my gerbers to batchpcb and studied the pictures they > supply once the board has passed their tests. I managed to spot a > problem where the module POWER-IN-JACK-PMS has pins that are > completely covered up by the soldermask on the copper layer. > > I'm not sure what library that POWER-IN-JACK-PMS is from, but I THINK > it's from one of the libraries that are bundled with Kicad. > > A library I downloaded contained "JACK_ALIM", which appears to also be > a 2.5mm power connector, but has oval shaped holes.. and I'm not > trusting that PCB places can actually drill those (or am I wrong?) > > Anyways yeah.. just wanted to point out that POWER-IN-JACK-PMS doesn't > have it's pads on the copper side soldermask. > > Mike > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! > Groups Links > > > >
