Re: [PEDA] Autorouting or manual routing, or both?

2002-01-22 Thread ga
Hi all, I agree with Remco, you always want to change something after the autorouter has finished. The DWIT command (do what I'm thinking) still has not been implemented :-) But I want to speak in favour of Swiss cheese, not only because of its excellent taste. It is true that an

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-22 Thread Michael . Binning
OK, I haven't tried the printer drivers, as suggested by others, but here are a few more puzzling details. If I open up a database, and try printing a PCB, it works. If I then try a schematic, I get an illegal operation dialog box, and Protel dies. The computer has been power-cycled, and

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-22 Thread HxEngr

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-22 Thread HxEngr

Re: [PEDA] Looking for a resistor supplier.

2002-01-22 Thread Jeff Adolphs
http://www.garrettelec.com/ supplies small quantities of surface mount parts. You can check stock online. Jeff Adolphs -Original Message- From: Juha Pajunen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 7:37 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: [PEDA] Looking for a resistor

[PEDA] DRC-Problems with clearence between Via and Pad

2002-01-22 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Hello everyone During my redesign of a quite compact Board, I changed the positions and Footprints of some Components. After the most work was done I discovered there where vias under some SMD-PADS. For these is a deadly thing during reflow soldering, I should find out where these

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-22 Thread John Whittaker
Hi Guys I have bad problems like this due to the interaction with a 42 HP Designjet800 Network Plotter. I fix it by having protel installed on the print server and opening the database for plotting only from that server. After I'm done plotting, I MUST open the Protel database on this server and

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-22 Thread Michael . Binning
I don't believe it! Its stopped working again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/01/2002 14:00:13 Please respond to Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash Yes! All working again. I reduced the Hardware

Re: [PEDA] Looking for a resistor supplier.

2002-01-22 Thread Brad Velander
Juha, seems you are looking for a highly specialized part. Have you considered doing your resistance as a short section of PCB trace? For example a 0.020 wide trace, 1 oz CU, of 0.161 inches in length will give you a resistance of 0.00399 ohms according to some calculators. This length

[PEDA] Autoplacer

2002-01-22 Thread Afshin Salehi
Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the autoplace function? I have played with it myself but I have never had a lot of time to devote to it. Does it work? Does anyone use this? If so for what type of placing is it a good tool to use? Thankyou for your help

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-22 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
What stands out like a sore thumb in this thread is three letters: ATI As has been mentioned, many of us have found problems using ATI graphics cards. In one case, quite some time ago, I tracked down a particular failure and found that ATI was aware of the problem and had no plans to fix it.

Re: [PEDA] Looking for a resistor supplier.

2002-01-22 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 09:06 AM 1/22/2002 -0800, Brad Velander wrote: Juha, Have you considered doing your resistance as a short section of PCB trace? For example a 0.020 wide trace, 1 oz CU, of 0.161 inches in length will give you a resistance of 0.00399 ohms according to some calculators. This length would

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash

2002-01-22 Thread Bryn Wolfe
I agree with you that time is money, but I don't totally agree with you that ATI is the problem here since I also get application crashes when I try to print. But it only affects PCB printing. Schematic printing works fine. I get a PCBPrint.dll error that effectively hangs the Protel 99SE SP6

Re: [PEDA] Looking for a resistor supplier.

2002-01-22 Thread Dennis Saputelli
but there is a strong tempco with this technique Dennis Saputelli Brad Velander wrote: Juha, seems you are looking for a highly specialized part. Have you considered doing your resistance as a short section of PCB trace? For example a 0.020 wide trace, 1 oz CU, of 0.161 inches in

Re: [PEDA] Autoplacer

2002-01-22 Thread Dennis Saputelli
no Dennis Saputelli Afshin Salehi wrote: Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the autoplace function? I have played with it myself but I have never had a lot of time to devote to it. Does it work? Does anyone use this? If so for what type of placing is

Re: [PEDA] Illegal Operation crash/ fuzzy monitor

2002-01-22 Thread Richard Sumner
Abdul, desktop of 3200x1200. Since on of my 21 inch monitors, a Mag Innovision DJ920, has a focus problem, If you are not averse to opening up your monitor, there is usually a focus adjustment on or near the HV module. The screwdriver slot is usually plastic, but use an insulated

Re: [PEDA] Autoplacer

2002-01-22 Thread Brooks,Bill
I don't use it... - BB -Original Message- From: Afshin Salehi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:17 AM To: Protel Forum Subject: [PEDA] Autoplacer Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with the autoplace function? I have played

Re: [PEDA] Looking for a resistor supplier.

2002-01-22 Thread Spehro Pefhany
At 10:18 AM 1/22/02 -0800, you wrote: but there is a strong tempco with this technique +0.39%/K This may or may not be a bad thing, the magnetics have tempcos too. I'd avoid it just because some day in the future someone will buy 2oz boards rather than 1 oz. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

Re: [PEDA] Looking for a resistor supplier. for a SENSE RESISTOR

2002-01-22 Thread JaMi Smith
Juha First of all, there appear to be 2 different request for a resistor supplier out there on the list with the same subject line within a week of each other, looking for different kinds of resistors. This is in response to you looking for a sense resistor. It appears that at least some of the

Re: [PEDA] Autorouting or manual routing, or both?

2002-01-22 Thread Jon Elson
At 10:51 AM 1/21/2002 -0500, Matt Polak wrote: It seems that a majority of you are doing some very dense, high-speed layouts with 4-6 layers being quite a common occurrence. I'm just wondering how much you typically route by hand, and how much you let the auto-router whack