Off Board Parts

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:50:20 +0000, Dave Cader wrote:

Hello my name is Dave and I am new to Eagle and the forum but not PCB

design. I make pcbs for guitar effects pedals. These have several

off-board connections. I have checked the manual and tutorial to no

avail. Without the ability to make off board connections I will have to

find software that can handle them. Any ideas or suggestions would be

great..

Either use connectors as suggested, or make a library "component" that

has the right schematic symbol and gives you the right number of pads

(clearly marked in silk) on the board to which you solder your flying

wires.

If I wanted connectors I might go as far as to make a part that has a

symbol for a potentiometer or a switch, but lays an appropriate connector

on the board.

Alternately, there are library parts for single-terminal pads that you

can just drop into the schematic -- but that makes it harder to use the

schematic as a document of how the circuit functions.

In either case, you should be using the tool to make what you want, not

altering what you want to fit perceived limitations in the tool.

--

My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook.

My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook.

Why am I not happy that they have found common ground?

Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software

http://www.wescottdesign.com

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:50:20 +0000, Dave Cader wrote:

Hello my name is Dave and I am new to Eagle and the forum but not PCB

design. I make pcbs for guitar effects pedals. These have several

off-board connections. I have checked the manual and tutorial to no

avail. Without the ability to make off board connections I will have to

find software that can handle them. Any ideas or suggestions would be

great..

Either use connectors as suggested, or make a library "component" that

has the right schematic symbol and gives you the right number of pads

(clearly marked in silk) on the board to which you solder your flying

wires.

If I wanted connectors I might go as far as to make a part that has a

symbol for a potentiometer or a switch, but lays an appropriate connector

on the board.

Alternately, there are library parts for single-terminal pads that you

can just drop into the schematic -- but that makes it harder to use the

schematic as a document of how the circuit functions.

In either case, you should be using the tool to make what you want, not

altering what you want to fit perceived limitations in the tool.

--

My liberal friends think I'm a conservative kook.

My conservative friends think I'm a liberal kook.

Why am I not happy that they have found common ground?

Tim Wescott, Communications, Control, Circuits & Software

http://www.wescottdesign.com