Can someone please help me make a custom library componant ?

Hi Chris,

Are you sure you want to use that part, its seems a bit old? 1996?

It also is OBSOLETE according to mouser?

Are you already "Committed" to using this part?

What I suggest is just start with a 3 pin regulator( in the library , look

for "TO-220" , and save that part as your device, then just duplicate one

of the pins/pads in the package,

Add an extra pin in the symbol for the on/off switch, then connect it.

If you are not committed to that part, then look for something more

"POPULAR" and more than likely you will find a suitable part in the

library,

Do you need the ON OFF Switch?

Remember that you don't need an "exact" matching part number, you will just

need the correct SYMBOL & FOOTPRINT( package ) to make up your device.

I also suggest to have a go, cause if you don't learn it now , when are you

going to?

Dave M

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Yes i am commited to the part . Its one of the best regs iv ever used and have several thousand on hand as well as use them on almost everything .

I am sure you can do it yourself! One of the most simple tutorials I have ever seen is: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-custom-library-part-in-Eagle-CAD-too/

If you still will have trouble with this task PM me and I am sure we can come to terms.

I have tried a few times now and i got the package and symbol built and connected them but when i save it saves as like a library folder somehow and contains like a bunch of other regs . It shows up in the control panel but when i go to use it its not on the list . Somethings very weird . I dont know what im doing wrong but i spent the last 6 hours trying to get it but cant . I have 3 different ones now but none will work .

chris nisbett wrote on Sat, 03 September 2011 15:15

Yes i am commited to the part . Its one of the best regs iv ever used

and have several thousand on hand as well as use them on almost

everything .

Hi Chris,

Well thats committed alright,!!!

Ok,

So firstly

Q1) Do you have your OWN library set up. If Not, I suggested that you do

that and start putting your own parts in there!

Now, follow some of the video tutorials there are a few details which is

easier to watch than to explain.

I went through the same pain of creating parts myself, and I can tell you,

its not the actual DRAWING of the parts thats difficult, its the stupid

navigation ( or lack of ) thats the issue its really *** to be honest.!

For a start, when you view the Symbols or packages in a library , you only

get a list of part numbers, you don' get a preview, so this is an issue.

Also, it would be handy to have a forward and back button on the library

editor, as its too easy to get lost. (I guess I could code this up myself

and add some buttons to the toolbar)

This library editor needs improvement but for now you just have to put up

with it.

As I stated earlier , try to find a part that close as possible to what you

want, then copy the SYMBOL, and the PACKAGE separately, ( using GROUP, CUT

and PASTE commands) and put this into your own library, if you copy a part

from another library, you will get all the parts, which is annoying.

there are some pertty bad videos on the cadsoft website.

Dave M

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Am 03.09.2011 10:30, schrieb chris nisbett:

I have tried a few times now and i got the package and symbol built and connected them but when i save it saves as like a library folder somehow and contains like a bunch of other regs . It shows up in the control panel but when i go to use it its not on the list . Somethings very weird . I dont know what im doing wrong but i spent the last 6 hours trying to get it but cant . I have 3 different ones now but none will work .

 

Seems that you must put your library "IN USE" by clicking the use icon

on the very top of the screen and then select your library.

If you see your library in the control panel you can activate it by

clicking the little Dot "O" between the library name and the

description. It will become green 

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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards

Joern Paschedag

Thanks i got it to work . Now how do i delete all the bad ones and the extra list of vregs in that folder ?

One more question . I am trying to do a ground copper pour on the bottom side with polygon but having a problem . The problem is i have 1206 smd componants and the copper pour is going through the middle of the 1206 pad . The only way i can get the copper pour to stay out of the middle of the smd's is set the isolate to above 40mil . Is there a way i can just i can just keep out the pour over those specific smd's and be able to set the isolate back down to around 12mil ?

You can draw rect on bRestrict (or tRestrict for top) layer to keep plane away.

Sweet . Thank a bunch .