gEDA-user: [pcb] "first board" docs
DJ Delorie
dj at delorie.com
Wed Dec 5 11:35:03 EST 2007
I've been pondering the "your first board" chapter of the getting
started guide. I want to start small enough that it can be done
without confusion or overload, but not so small that it's useless.
Maybe I should do a few steps.
First board: two-pin jumper, resistor, LED. All stock symbols and
footprints, single layer board, no vias.
Second board: 555 blinky light. Adds custom symbol/footprint for
power jack, maybe djboxsym for 555 (the stock one has pins in
inconvenient places). I can include the custom files in with the
docs, too. This can be done SS with no vias.
Third: 555 SMT blinky. Same thing, but mostly SMT, with a ground
plane on the back. This introduces SMT, vias, and thermals.
Comments? Ideas?
(and yes, I skipped the "installing" section for now - that needs
people familiar with each OS to contribute)
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