Re: GPLd PCB Library ( was Re: gEDA-user: Free GNU/Linux hardware design tools)

[Dave McGuire <mcguire-at-NOSPAMneurotica_dot_com>]

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 03:23 AM, John Dalton wrote:
> As I understand it, this is all 'built into' the standard.  PCB 
> fabrication
> and assembly tolerances are factored into the land pattern 
> calculations.
> (it is one of the reasons I am writing a generator instead of a
> static library).  Soldering method also influences land patterns
> (also taken into account in the standard).  The program I am writing
> takes all of these factors into account since wherver possible it
> doesn't use tables of land pattern dimensions, but calculates 
> everything
> based on package dimensions and solder joint properties.  Are there any
> more factors you are aware of?

   Holy Cow.  I'm quite anxious to see this new package of yours.  That 
sounds *very* powerful.

   Please, though, don't make it *too* Linux- or x86-specific.  Some of 
us are on non-Intel UNIX platforms. :-)

            -Dave

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