gEDA-user: Quick and Easy solder mask creation

Dave N6NZ n6nz at arrl.net
Mon Apr 2 14:50:14 EDT 2007



DJ Delorie wrote:
> Dave N6NZ <n6nz at arrl.net> writes:
>> Notably, it argues for rounded-end SMT land patterns.
> 
> I think they go overboard in using "round".  The lands for sot-23 are
> circles!  Maybe rounded-corner pads, with the radius equal to the
> difference between the lead edge and the pad edge.

Yes, some of them look a little odd.  But... the title says "Quick and 
Easy"....

In any case, I was only thinking of rounding the ends of my TQPF and SO 
type pads... essentially all the gull-wing style pads.

-dave


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