[sdiy] Vactrol Footprint?

[Tim Parkhurst]

On 6/10/06, Michael Ruberto <frankentron at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Hey Hey, it's fat Vactrol time. I've decided I really like the Mutant
> VCF and wanna build one. Unfortunately, my PCB design tools do not have a
> footprint for vactrols. I cannot seem to find a spec sheet anywhere with the
> footprint for the VTL5C3/2
>
> Can somebody give me the dimensions I need to create a custom footprint?
> The specsheet would be neat too if it exists.
>
> Tanks!!!
>
> M. A. Ruberto
>
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Hi Michael,

Check the Perkin-Elmer site, they've got data sheets on all their
vactrol families.
http://optoelectronics.perkinelmer.com/catalog/Category.aspx?CategoryName=VTL5C+Series

And the 5C3/2 in particular...
http://optoelectronics.perkinelmer.com/content/Datasheets/vtl5c2-2_3-2.pdf

As always, watch for the word wrap and have fun soldering/hacking/mutating.


Tim (more like Weird Harold) Servo
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