[sdiy] [OT] LM13700 spotted in commercial product of big Manufacturer

Gordonjcp gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Thu May 19 11:11:08 CEST 2022


On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 06:55:11PM +1000, jslee via Synth-diy wrote:
> 
> I was recently looking at Kicad again, wondering if it might finally be
> feasible to implement an equivalent of my front-panel generation
> software, and was astonished to find that it simply doesn't have an
> equivalent of Eagle's DRU or CAM files. None. At all.
> 

What do those files do?

> (Fully expecting a Kicad user to chime in here with "but those only
> take 5 seconds to configure", completely ignoring the cost of the
> human error that WILL happen at every step where the available
> choices aren't removed or reduced)
> 
> I am left wondering, not for the first or even third time, how anyone
> gets actual work done with Kicad. Bizarre.

They're obviously not that important, since it's entirely possible to make a complete board and have it assembled with the normal output from Kicad.

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Gordonjcp



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