I am new to PCB design, because i use tubes and need tube socket footprints. I see that someone has managed this before, as there is a board for a Harmonica...
... Drat! I thought it was a bit quiet on this list. The Yahoo option was set to web viewing only and not the emails. The board design is super simple and...
... I haven't found any yet either. I could also use a set. I've made up socket patterns for ExpressPCB's program and once I learn a bit more about FreePCB...
... FreePCB ... In TinyCAD: All symbols should be given unique references. All your symbols should have a 'Package' attribute with the name of a footprint in...
I just submitted a PCB to www.batchpcb.com and their DRC rejected the board complaining that: Checked Aperture 14 (0.001000): Failed Error - Aperture too thin ...
... I would say for you to look inside the Gerber file to see where aperture 14 is used. I don't recall the commands used off the top of my head, but Gerber...
In message <f7qp1p+cc83@eGroups.com>, Rick Collins <gnuarm.2006@...> writes ... It might be useful to manually increase the size of the rogue aperture ...
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. It seems that the ground plane that I had put on the top layer had small etchings around the pads. These were apparently...
Hi Wayne, The copper area may be the cuplrit, particularly if it has not been cleanly drawn. Try deleting it and regenerating the gerbers or use one of the...
... I am not clear on why you got the micro traces you did or why FreePCB missed the design rule checks. Perhaps you could go to the web site and post your...
Yay, I found it! I needed to update freepcb to the latest version. I thought that 1.2 was supposed to be the last stable version but apparently it doesn't...
Hi Bruce or anyone that can help, I am having trouble using fpcroute with freepcb. If I understand correctly, fpcroute is somehow supposed to generate a .dsn...
luxthreads, I have not used fpcroute but in the file menu of FreePCB there is a selection to export dsn. If you are not using the latest FreePCB go to...
Hi, * Currently when you import a partlist the imported parts with a known footprint are spread out outside the board for easy selection. I found two issues...
I am importing a netlist from LTSpice that has some Dflops on it. In LTSpice each Dflop appears as a seperate component but in real life they come two on a...
I've imported a netlist from LTSpice into FreePCB and started to place components. It looks like most of my polarized parts, like capacitors and diodes, have...
... I skimmed the article and it seems like this could be better handled by a program that would import the spice net list along with the library files...
... Opps, my bad. I read the article in more detail and I see that no pin names are output in the net list. So a separate program is not a viable solution to...
All, The forum is off line this morning and with Allan out of the country for a couple weeks, it may stay that way for a while. So, for those who missed my...
This is a minor update/bug fix that improves how the $ character gets expanded and formatted in For blocks. File names can now be changed by adding a prefix...
Hi All I've just joined this group, after wading through most of the other PCB packages. This one appeals to me most, and I'll give it a few weeks learning. I...
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