[time-nuts] Schematic capture, anyone?
Brent Gordon
time-nuts at adobe-labs.com
Sun Feb 26 23:56:48 UTC 2012
I've used EAGLE for about ten years. I strongly agree with what
NeonJohn wrote below. I don't know if it is still the case, but when I
started using EAGLE all of the library parts were on metric spacing
(including DIPs and SMDs). This causes all sorts of headaches when
doing a layout on inch spacing; traces don't meet the pads. I ended up
creating my own libraries using the EAGLE libraries as a guide. I had
one main library (1_main.lbr) for standard parts and additional
libraries of specialized parts for each project.
Brent
On 2/26/2012 3:36 PM, NeonJohn wrote:
> I use professionally. It was the best that our small company could
> afford. Here are some tips that will save you mucho grief.
>
> 1) This is the biggie. Make your own parts library. Then put any part
> that you have to create in that library. As well, put a copy of any
> standard library part in your library AFTER you've verified that the
> part, especially the footprint is valid. Then put that library under
> SubVersion or whatever version control system you use.
>
> I call my library 00johh.lbr. The "00" makes it appear first in the
> library list.
>
> 2) another biggie. Validate any part that you take from an Eagle
> library.
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