Re: gEDA-user: Footprint for an SMT chip resistor array

[joeft <joeft-atMUNGEDearthlink_dot_net>]

Michael Sokolov wrote:

>Dan McMahill <dan@mcmahill.net> wrote:
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>>take a look in the ~panasonic library for footprints like 
>>PANASONIC_EXB14V.  Those are the panasonix EXB series of SMT resistor 
>>arrays.
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>Thank you Dan, that's exactly what I was looking for!  And they are M4
>footprints, yay!  I love M4!  I adore M4!  (Right now I'm in the process
>of reworking pcblib to work with The Real Thing, Dennis Ritchie's
>original M4 from UNIX Version 7, instead of GNU M4.  I can't stand cheap
>copycats.)
>
>A question though.  Looking at this family of footprints and the
>corresponding pages of the Digi-Key catalog, I see that I have a number
>of choices.  EXB18V, EXB28V, EXB38V, EXBN8V and EXBV8V will all do the
>job.  EXB18V is a bit too small for me, so I'll exclude it from my
>consideration, and I have yet to decide whether I want the smaller
>28V/N8V or the larger 38V/V8V.  But the really tough one to decide for
>me is whether to go with the 28V/38V style or the N8V/V8V style.  Would
>anyone happen to have a suggestion as to which is generally better /
>easier to work with etc?
>
>Thanks,
>MS
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Michael,

We've used the EXB-28V series on several boards.  With some feedback 
from one of our board stuffers the footprint solders very repeatably.  
It's a newlib-style footprint, not m4.  Let me know if you want me to 
post it.

Joe T. 


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