Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-02-02 Thread Dom Bragge
Thanks all for your suggestions. I have taken the 3pin library part, 5pin footprint approach, there being three Pin2's on the footprint: the normal middle pin, another for the large mounting hole one surface mount pin to give copper pad soldermask antipad (which of course moves with the

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-02-02 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 05:42 PM 2/2/2004, Dom Bragge wrote: Thanks all for your suggestions. I have taken the 3pin library part, 5pin footprint approach, there being three Pin2's on the footprint: the normal middle pin, another for the large mounting hole one surface mount pin to give copper pad soldermask

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-30 Thread Edi Im Hof
At 19:11 29.01.2004 +0800, you wrote: -Original Message- From: Tony Karavidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2004 3:21 PM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin? This will DRC properly because of the manual net assignment, however the thing

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread DUTTON Phil
Hello Dom, Just put a fill on the solder mask layer. You can do this in a footprint library part if you like as well. regards, Phil. -Original Message- From: Dom Bragge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2004 3:53 PM To: protel Subject: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin? I just

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread Tony Karavidas
Subject: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin? I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints ( the like)... I have the three (electrical) pin device, that's fine. I'm placing the T)-220's flat on the board. What if I want to (selectively) put copper on the top layer under

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread Edi Im Hof
At 16:23 29.01.2004 +1100, you wrote: I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints ( the like)... I have the three (electrical) pin device, that's fine. I'm placing the T)-220's flat on the board. What if I want to (selectively) put copper on the top layer under the

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread Kathy Quinlan
-Original Message- From: Tony Karavidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2004 3:21 PM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin? This will DRC properly because of the manual net assignment, however the thing to watch is when you do

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread John A. Ross [Design]
-Original Message- From: Dom Bragge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:23 AM To: protel Subject: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin? I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints ( the like)... I have the three (electrical) pin device

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 12:23 AM 1/29/2004, Dom Bragge wrote: I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints ( the like)... There are a number of ways to handle this kind of part. I'll give my favorite first. Two pads are placed in the footprint for the tab. One is a through-hole pad

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread Dennis Saputelli
a macro to remove U?_PAD0 from net GND. Just delete that macro and continue. -Original Message- From: Dom Bragge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 9:23 PM To: protel Subject: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin? I just would like to ask a question about how you

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 02:21 AM 1/29/2004, Tony Karavidas wrote: This will DRC properly because of the manual net assignment, however the thing to watch is when you do an UpdatePCB from the schematic. It will try and generate a macro to remove U?_PAD0 from net GND. Just delete that macro and continue. This is why it

Re: [PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-29 Thread Jon Elson
Dom Bragge wrote: I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints ( the like)... I have the three (electrical) pin device, that's fine. I'm placing the T)-220's flat on the board. What if I want to (selectively) put copper on the top layer under the TO-220 have a

[PEDA] TO-220 4th pin?

2004-01-28 Thread Dom Bragge
I just would like to ask a question about how you handle TO-220 footprints ( the like)... I have the three (electrical) pin device, that's fine. I'm placing the T)-220's flat on the board. What if I want to (selectively) put copper on the top layer under the TO-220 have a suitable soldermask