<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69938">Hi all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69656"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_70036">With all this talk about board design, I was wondering if anyone is using NI's Ultiboard with Multisim to handle these tasks?<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69566"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69940"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69569" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69654"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69942" size="2">Sincerely, <br> </font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69944"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69571" size="2">Chris <br>Audio Engineering Society (AES) <var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>Member <br>InfoComm-Recognized AV Technologist</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69574" class="postbody"><br></span><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_70033"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69574" class="postbody"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_69573" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.juriedengineering.com/">http://www.JuriedEngineering.com</a> </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_70034"><br></div><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_70039" size="3"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1447980157879_70038" size="2">This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. 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I also do things like widen the SMT pads on some parts <br clear="none">to make it easier to hand solder.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I like the bit about having a spreadsheet of known good library parts. I <br clear="none">believe Sparkfun does this.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--TimR<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 11/20/2015 3:12 PM, Richie Burnett wrote:<br clear="none">> Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I've kind of ended up building <br clear="none">> my own libraries on a per project basis now anyway, so I'll just mod <br clear="none">> the footprints to put a silkscreen dot nearby to mark pin one of the <br clear="none">> SOIC devices.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> As Neil and Brian have said, if your previous board comes back perfect <br clear="none">> from fab/assembly, then all of those footprints are then "approved". <br clear="none">> I like that way of working, even though I still check all my artworks <br clear="none">> in obsessive detail first using GC-prevue, and laser-print life-size <br clear="none">> paper boards!<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> -Richie,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> -----Original Message----- From: Neil Johnson<br clear="none">> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 9:17 PM<br clear="none">> To: Richie Burnett<br clear="none">> Cc: synth-diy<br clear="none">> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Eagle footprints<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Hi Richie,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> This is one of the reasons why I never use the libraries provided with <br clear="none">> CAD tools. The quality is just so varied, rarely consistent, and full <br clear="none">> of unknown bugs. At least if I fab a board with a mistake in a <br clear="none">> component I have created I have only myself to blame! And quite <br clear="none">> honestly by the time I've thoroughly checked a vendor library for <br clear="none">> correctness I might as well have made it myself.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I separately maintain a catalogue of custom part numbers in a <br clear="none">> spreadsheet (one sheet for each component type), and when I have <br clear="none">> fabbed a board with a new footprint and tested it I then mark that <br clear="none">> entry in bold so I know it works.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Cheers,<br clear="none">> Neil<br clear="none">> -- <br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.njohnson.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.njohnson.co.uk</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> No virus found in this message.<br clear="none">> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<br clear="none">> Version: 2014.0.4842 / Virus Database: 4447/11035 - Release Date: <br clear="none">> 11/20/15<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Synth-diy mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" href="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl">Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank">http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">--Tim Ressel<br clear="none">Circuit Abbey<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:timr@circuitabbey.com" href="mailto:timr@circuitabbey.com">timr@circuitabbey.com</a><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt0457611735" id="yqtfd81477"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Synth-diy mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" href="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl">Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" target="_blank">http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>