Re: 72-pin connector symbol/outline

Thanks for the advice Matt. Particulary the part about not knowing
how accurate other people's footprints might be.

BR,

Randy

--- In kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com">kicad-usersyahoogroups.com, "Matt Brocklehurst"
<terrastudios...> wrote:
&gt;
> Hi Randy
&gt;
> Usually your best bet is to just fire up KiCad and make the
footprint
> yourself, datasheets usually are quite good at pad layout and
dimensions -
> I'm always a bit worried when using other peoples footprints as you
don't
> know how accurate they are! And trust me, a wrong footprint can
cause no end
> of pain when it comes to board manufacture - I've just been through
this
> with SOT23 transistors on a board, stupidly i numbered the pads
wrong and
> its taken two attempts with the board manufacturers to try and get
the
&gt; transistors rotated to get it working - luckily id only ordered 15
boards
> this time.
&gt;
> The answer - quadruple check everything!
>
> Matt.
&gt;
> On 27/07/07, wrgb2 <wrgb...> wrote:
&gt; >
>; > Hello,
&gt; >
>; > I am in need of a 72 pin (36x2) card edge (female) connector
symbol and
> > outline. Can anyone point me to one?
>; >
>; > Thanks,
> >
>; > Randy
&gt; >
>; >
> >
>;

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