Loading netlists (was Re: gEDA-user: Land Grid Array packages)

[Tom Cook]

It seems the problem here is that my working directory has spaces in its
names.  Just noticed a stack of these on the console:

cat: /home/tkcook/XXX: No such file or directory
cat: XXX No such file or directory
cat: XXX/XXX No such file or directory
cat: XXX/XXX No such file or directory
cat: XXX/XXX/GyroBoard.net No such file or directory

I gather I need to set the RatCommand resource to some slightly different
value to quote the file name.  Any pointers on where to do this?  I have
tried setting X resources, setting things in ~/.pcb/preferences... nothing
seems to make any difference.  'pcb --version' reports:

pcb-bin: 20050609

This is the GTK+ build.

Tom

On 6/27/06, Tom Cook <tom.k.cook at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestions; I have figured out that making newlib
> footprints is not nearly as scary as the M4 version.
>
> But now when I try to load a netlist, pcb refuses saying, "Empty netlist
> file!"  The netlist file I am trying to load contains the following:
>
> unnamed_net8    U1-1 J1-8
> unnamed_net7    U1-10 J1-7
> unnamed_net6    U2-16 J1-6
> unnamed_net5    U1-2 U2-3 J1-5
> unnamed_net4    U2-1 U1-3 J1-4
> unnamed_net3    U2-2 U1-12 J1-3
> unnamed_net2    U1-11 U2-7 U2-14 J1-2
> unnamed_net1    U2-10 U1-4 J1-1
>
> As you can see, it is not a complex design, and the netlist file is not
> empty.  Is this likely to be something I have messed up in my footprints?
> Or is it something else?  (Note: both U1 and U2 use footprints that I have
> developed myself).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Tom
>
> On 6/23/06, swm at theworld.com <swm at theworld.com > wrote:
> >
> > If you are looking for a way to make gEDA footprints, there's a Python
> > script by Darrell Harmon that can generate PCB footprints from a simple
> > script.  You can change key paramaters from the script (pad size, number
> > of pads, etc) pretty easily.  It's also not too hard to modify the
> > Python
> > code, if a script is not powerful enough.  See:
> >
> > http://www.dlharmon.com/geda/footgen.html
> >
> > Steve Morss
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Harold Skank, gEDA user here.  The best footprint source I have found
> > (I
> > > probably had to buy, I don't recall) is a CDROM entitled "IPC Generic
> > > Requirements for Surface Mount Land Pattern and Design Standard,"  by
> > > TECHStreet.  The "gotcha" is that it is a Microsoft compatible
> > product.
> > > Perhaps you could run it under WINE.  I never could, but I didn't
> > spend
> > > much time trying either.
> > >
> > >       Harold Skank
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 14:44 +0930, Tom Cook wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> I have been an occasional gEDA user for a few years now, but haven't
> > >> had to ask questions before.
> > >>
> > >> Does anyone know where I can find PCB footprints for land grid array
> > >> packages?  I am only looking for the low pin-count varieties, not the
> > >> 1000+ pin monstors.  I want to use components such as Analog Devices'
> > >> ADIS16003 in a design, but can't find any reference to using these
> > >> types of packages with gEDA.  I think I can come up with my own
> > >> schematic symbols, but creating a new PCB footprint is probably
> > beyond
> > >> me at this stage.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Tom
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