Homebrew PCBs

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:48:03 -0000, you wrote:

>Looked through the freeware Eagle 4.16's wirepads library.
>Its thirteen thru-hole pads and four SMD pads are more than
>adequate for what I'm doing.  
>
>However, in selecting pads for my thru-hole board, I got a couple
>questions:
>
>(1)   The numbers......does anybody know what the numbers 
>      in the pads library mean?   For example, the smallest thru-
>      hole pad is marked 1,6/0,8 and the largest thru-hole pad
>      is marked 3,81/1,4

	MM diameter and hole, IIRC

>
>(2)   When I add a pad, do I only add it to the board file, or is it 
>  necessary to also add a corresponding entity to the schematic?

Add it to the schematic and it shows up on the board.  Especially
useful for test pads.

For mounting pads, try polygons.

Harvey

>
>Regards,
>Alan