At 18:03 11.03.02 -0800, you wrote:
>You sure you're not thinking of a different program... i've been using
>spaces in footprints since Autotrax!!
Have you also tried to "Update Footprint from Library"? It didn't work with
spaces in the name.
Edi Im Hof
>Duane Foster
>
> > -Original Messa
At 10:04 AM 3/12/2002 +0100, Edi Im Hof wrote:
>Have you also tried to "Update Footprint from Library"? It didn't work
>with spaces in the name.
Frankly, I consider the *recognition* of spaces in a footprint name to be a
sort of bug or inferior operation. I have somewhat grudgingly accepted
sp
Can anybody tell me what the recommended test point pad size to be used with
the GenRAD GR228xi in circuit tester is? I think were using a combo II
board.
Our manufacturing dept. wants me to use a 100 thou diameter pad which seems
quite excessive to me. I currently have a 35 thou pad.
Tim Fifiel
Tim,
It really depends on what your test group requirements are, based on
quite a few things but one would be type of probe being used, even
if the tester is capable of smaller pads and spacing, also the level at
which a fixture
is made would govern that too.
But with a newer GenRad system I would
Why do components and their pads magically have coordinates that are either
xxx.999 or xxx.001? I'm working on a .5 mil grid, with a .5 mil component
grid, and a 5 mil electrical grid. It's very aggravating.
Sean James
PCB Designer
Telecast Fiber Systems
102 Grove Street
Worcester, MA 01603
TEL 50
Edi,
bingo, you got it. The update failure problem was associated with
spaces (possibly other special characters) in the footprint name. I remember
well because I had to take all the spaces out of many footprints when I
first started.
Sincerely,
Brad Velander.
Lead PCB Designer
Norsat In
Abd-ul Rahman,
how about Protel just limits the naming of footprints to allow only
legal characters and only the length limitation which functions properly.
Afterall such is just reasonable programming, disallowing illegal functions,
a new concept to Protel!
Sincerely,
Brad Velander.
Lea
It's a bug. I've been having the same problem for quite a while. I think
it may happen when the grid is changed from mils to mm and then back, but
I'm not sure.
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From: "Sean James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12
Protel has a few problems with mm and inches. I've often seen small rounding
errors creep in, and although I don't have any evidence, I have suspected it's
got something to do with repeatedly switching the units diplayed.
I've heard hearsay that Protel prefers to work in imperial units.
Andrew
Just to clarify - i have some footprints with a space in the name from 10-12
years ago; but i stopped using spaces in footprint names several years back.
I am in agreement with others that the underscore is more appropriate and
this is how I currently name new footprints. I haven't been bit by th
I've noticed those rounding errors as well.
Tim
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Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:57 PM
To: Protel EDA Forum
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Is it a bug, or me?
Protel has a few problems with mm and inches. I've often seen small
At 08:22 AM 3/12/2002 -0800, Brad Velander wrote:
>Abd-ul Rahman,
> how about Protel just limits the naming of footprints to allow only
>legal characters and only the length limitation which functions properly.
That is exactly my proposal. The processing of names which contain spaces
is
When wanting a separator in names, I use the underscore '_'. Will that be a
legal character in this proposal? I hope so.
So Abdul, is your name written:
"Abdul-RahmanLomax" if upper and lower case is OK, but spaces are not.
"ABDULRAHMANLOMAX" if only uppercase is OK, and non-alphanumerics are
f
I looking for a North American supplier for enclosures with heatsinks.
If anyone knows where to buy, can you please contact me off list.
Example cases:
http://www.thlaudio.com/casebpwrE.htm
Thank,
Brian Guralnick
please note the change in email address:
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Printed Circuit Board Designer
Working predominantly with R&D engineers, this person reports to the Drawing
Office Manager on a day-to-day and personal/performance basis. The person
would work on PCB's in all three of Tru-Test's product areas - electric
fence, electronic (livestock) scales and mi
Try Flexibox, distributed by Powerbox USA:
http://www.powerbox.se/
They have a range of sizes. Somewhat pricey, but sturdy and well
thought out. Can't screen the front panel, though, so plan on added
label cost.
Brian
At 01:43 PM 3/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I looking for a North American su
It MIGHT be an MDAC problem. Does 'compress' work on a good ddb?
Here's the link to MS's website for the Microsoft Data Access
Components(MDAC); I think Protel supports MDAC 2.5 -- I'd check the
knowledge base, too.
http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm
> -Original Message-
> From
Can't you just set type to "Round" and have different x & y? That's how the
IC (SMT) pads in some of my footprints are defined, and it seems to work for
through-hole pads as well.
> -Original Message-
> From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 7
actually although the spaces are supported in winxx if used they require
the use of quotation marks so the string may be parsed when an argument
is passed
Dennis Saputelli
Bagotronix Tech Support wrote:
>
> When wanting a separator in names, I use the underscore '_'. Will that be a
> legal char
thanks for that i'll check it out
this a brand new box and fresh install of protel and all programs
are you suggesting that one of the progs mess with that file?
update:
now on this new system (and not yet having looked into dwight's
suggestion) sometimes closing the DDB shuts down protel unexpec
At 01:12 PM 3/12/2002 -0500, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote:
>When wanting a separator in names, I use the underscore '_'. Will that be a
>legal character in this proposal? I hope so.
underscores and hyphens should definitely be legal characters. So should
periods and asterisks and many or most
At 01:55 PM 3/12/2002 -0800, Dwight wrote:
>Can't you just set type to "Round" and have different x & y? That's how the
>IC (SMT) pads in some of my footprints are defined, and it seems to work for
>through-hole pads as well.
[I wrote:]
> Protel does not directly support cut pads (circular pad
> At 01:12 PM 3/12/2002 -0500, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote:
> >When wanting a separator in names, I use the underscore '_'. Will that
be a
> >legal character in this proposal? I hope so.
>
> underscores and hyphens should definitely be legal characters. So should
> periods and asterisks and ma
At 20:35 12/03/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm not fond of lower case Ls. There is also a problem with O and zero
>which is not so easy to solve, unless it is insisted that zero have a slash.
The various ways of representing zeros have caused a few headaches in the
past. Here's a decent writeup abou
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