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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