Re: [Kicad-developers] script-aligning-blocks :)

2012-05-18 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:21:34AM +0200, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: That saved me a lot of time You're lucky you have so much board space :D usually I have to stretch/merge/join my blocks so they are one nothing like the other:P Also using resistor/capacitor/TVS/transistor arrays breaks the

Re: [Kicad-developers] script-aligning-blocks :)

2012-05-18 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
Yes, It's just a little board -yet-, Component arrays make blocks more complicate, I tend not to use them (unless for buses). But sometimes you just need them (cost constraining...) I'm playing as a first user with the scripting to make it as usable as possible, Valber (a user from this list)

Re: [Kicad-developers] script-aligning-blocks :)

2012-05-18 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 08:34:45AM +0200, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: Yes, It's just a little board -yet-, Component arrays make blocks more complicate, I tend not to use them (unless for buses). But sometimes you just need them (cost constraining...) Just for fun, here's a production

Re: [Kicad-developers] script-aligning-blocks :)

2012-05-18 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
Yes, the board seems quite tight, mine is for 9A, It's a simple HP led driver for an special application, and I'm suffering :-) What do you mean for IPS? :) And, yes, it seems that I'll have to go for 70um copper if I want to give the current I need. I've made 70um ~0.254mm clearance before,

Re: [Kicad-developers] script-aligning-blocks :)

2012-05-18 Thread Lorenzo Marcantonio
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:04:00AM +0200, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote: What do you mean for IPS? :) Intelligent Power Switches (Toshiba calls them IntelliFET). A power MosFET with drivers, protection and diagnostics. You put 5V/1mA on the gate and it drives the load. If it

[Kicad-developers] script-aligning-blocks :)

2012-05-17 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
Probably it could be even more automated, but it looks good as a first experiment: http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/~ajo/2012/05/17/Keeping+your+blocks+aligned+with+scripting That saved me a lot of time -- Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo http://www.nbee.es +34 636 52 25 69 skype: ajoajoajo

Re: [Kicad-developers] script-aligning-blocks :)

2012-05-17 Thread Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
It would be even better if I could copy my track layout when it done, I'm going to sleep before I feel tempted to try it, it doesn't seem to be a trivial problem to solve. :) 2012/5/18 Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo miguelan...@nbee.es Probably it could be even more automated, but it looks good as a