IRF540 Vertical mounting

Question

Hi ,

I am very new to eagle and am trying my first PCB

I need to mount an IRF540 Mosfet which I have found in the library , but it mouts it horizontal on the

PCB but I need ot to be vertically mounted , What is the easiest way to do this, remembering I am a beginner

Thank you

Don

autodeskguest · Answer

On 30/01/14 19:58, Don Recardo wrote:

Hi ,
I am very new to eagle and am trying my first PCB

I need to mount an IRF540 Mosfet which I have found in the library , but
it mouts it horizontal on the
PCB but I need ot to be vertically mounted , What is the easiest way to
do this, remembering I am a beginner

First, take a copy of the 'transistor-fet' library and put it somewhere

you can edit it without danger of being overwritten by an upgrade.

Next, open that library for editing and select the IRF540 device. Click

the "New" button near the bottom right and select the 'TO220V' package.

You need to type in a variant name before clicking OK.

Then click "Connect". On the dialogue, click the empty "Copy from"

drop-down and pick the only option available. Then click OK.

Alternatively, create a new custom library and copy just those two items

(the IRF540 and the TO220V) into it. You can do this by dragging from

the control panel (although you can't drop the package when a device is

open, so open a symbol instead). Then add the package as above.

That's it. If you use the part from that modified library you can change

the package to the vertical one.

Cheers,

Rob