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====== PCB Footprint Guides ====== | ====== PCB Footprint Guides ====== | ||
- | * Stuart Brorson's [[http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf|footprint guide]] | + | * Stuart Brorson's [[http://wiki.geda-project.org/_media/geda:land_patterns_20070818.pdf|footprint guide]] |
* [[http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html|PCB manual]] | * [[http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html|PCB manual]] | ||
* [[geda:pcb-quick_reference#footprint_reference|The PCB Quick-Reference]] | * [[geda:pcb-quick_reference#footprint_reference|The PCB Quick-Reference]] | ||
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* The best tools for creating footprints are PCB (wysiwyg), TEXT EDITOR (fast, accurate), SCRIPTING (powerful). | * The best tools for creating footprints are PCB (wysiwyg), TEXT EDITOR (fast, accurate), SCRIPTING (powerful). | ||
* **For drawing footprints in PCB**, refer to the [[http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html#Library-Creation|section about library creation in the PCB manual]], look at the part "Creating Newlib Footprints" in the "New Style Libraries" subsection. | * **For drawing footprints in PCB**, refer to the [[http://pcb.geda-project.org/pcb-cvs/pcb.html#Library-Creation|section about library creation in the PCB manual]], look at the part "Creating Newlib Footprints" in the "New Style Libraries" subsection. | ||
- | * **For writing footprints in text**, refer to [[http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/land_patterns_20070818.pdf|Footprint Creation for the Open-Source Layout Program "PCB"]] written and maintained by Stuart Brorson. | + | * **For writing footprints in text**, refer to [[http://wiki.geda-project.org/_media/geda:land_patterns_20070818.pdf|Footprint Creation for the Open-Source Layout Program "PCB"]] written and maintained by Stuart Brorson. |
* **For Scripting footprints** see the [[pcb:footprint generators]] page. | * **For Scripting footprints** see the [[pcb:footprint generators]] page. | ||
* Other things you may find helpful: calculator, paper+pencil, datasheets, calipers, spreadsheet. | * Other things you may find helpful: calculator, paper+pencil, datasheets, calipers, spreadsheet. |