gEDA-user: Trouble with CONN_USB

[Olof Tångrot]

It worked using the instructions in the FAQ, thanks!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <phil at plastitar.com>
To: "gEDA user mailing list" <geda-user at moria.seul.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Trouble with CONN_USB


> Olof,
>
> you'll generally want symbols that match your footprints.  the symbols may 
> be very specific, or very generic.  In any event, you want the pins on the 
> symbol to coincide with the pins on the footprints.  pin 1 needs to match 
> up with pin 1.
>
> The symbols only need two attributes to go from gschem to pcb using 
> gsch2pcb:  refdes= and footprint=.
>
> you can use gattrib to quickly add footprints to the elements in your 
> layout before running gsch2pcb.
>
> you can see the script on Luciani's website to see how to force gsch2pcb 
> to find a specific directory of footprints.
>
> As for symbols, you can probably get what you need from the geda library 
> included with the program.  you WILL have to check the pin-numbering 
> though.  As a default each pin in a symbol should have:
>
> pinnumber=#
> pinseq=#
> pinlabel=# pintype=<value>
>
> usually pinnumber, pinseq, and pinlabel can all be the same, i.e. "1" for 
> pin one on a chip or capacitor.
>
> hope this helps.  there is file called the 'master attribute document' 
> that's easy to find.
>
> the gsch2pcb system seems really slow at first, but it will save you TONS 
> of time down the road.
>
> Phil
>
>
> Olof Tångrot wrote:
>> Thanks John, but how do I make these land patterns integrate with symbols 
>> I create in gschem? And how do I make gsch2pcb recognize them when I want 
>> to create a netlist?
>>
>> Olof
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Luciani" <jluciani at gmail.com>
>> To: "gEDA user mailing list" <geda-user at moria.seul.org>
>> Cc: <geda-user at seul.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 5:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Trouble with CONN_USB
>>
>>
>> On 10/21/06, Olof Tångrot <olof.tangrot at telia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> HI there.
>>
>>>
>>> Where do I find the solution?
>>>
>>> Regards Olof
>>
>> I have a USB Type B connector at
>>
>> http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-footprint-list.html#Connector
>>
>> (* jcl *)
>>
>
>
>
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