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Can't find a common diode(1N4007)?

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I am new to Eagle... and wondering why I can't find a common diode like the 1N4007 in a through hole or even SMT?   It turns out I can find a generic diode symbol, but of course with no foot print for the board.  I need to generate or download these details...?  I can find many other diodes, zeners, LEDs, bridges, schottky, etc.  This seems odd to me.

 

How do I rectify this situation?   image  I am new to Eagle, though I used Ares and Proteus lite years ago, they are no longer available. 

 

Thanks to all. 

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    Am 05.09.2014 um 15:46 schrieb Sandy Roman:

    I am new to Eagle... and wondering why I can't find a common diode like

    the 1N4007 in a through hole or even SMT?   It turns out I can find a

    generic diode symbol, but of course with no foot print for the board.  I

    need to generate or download these details...?  I can find many other

    diodes, zeners, LEDs, bridges, schottky, etc.  This seems odd to me.

     

    How do I rectify this situation?   image  I am new to Eagle, though I used

    Ares and Proteus lite years ago, they are no longer available.

     

    Thanks to all.

     

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    Search for 1N400*,

    which means anything that starts with 1N400 image

     

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    Joern Paschedag

     

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    On 05/09/14 14:46, Sandy Roman wrote:

    I am new to Eagle... and wondering why I can't find a common diode like

    the 1N4007 in a through hole or even SMT? 

     

    There's a 1N4004 in the diode library. Of course, it really ought to be

    named 1N400* because the 1N4001 through 1N4007 are all the same symbol

    and package and current rating - it's only the reverse voltage that

    distinguishes them.

     

    It turns out I can find a

    generic diode symbol, but of course with no foot print for the board.

     

    Really? Are you sure? Because when I look at the generic "DIODE-"

    component in the diode library (which surely is the most obvious place

    to find it) it has a vast array of possible packages associated. I'm

    absolutely sure the 1N4004's DO-214 is one of them.

     

    The default libraries certainly don't cover everything but they're not

    that bad.

     

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    OK, if I search around I can find the library, but it is not being accessed.

     

    I have it installed in C: > Eagle-7.1.0 > lbr

     

    That library has 3 folders electro, element14, ltspice and a whole slew of files one of which is diode.lbr

     

    Good golly.  Now I went to look for it by opening a schematic, selecting ADD (component) and searching for "diode".

     

    NOW it is there.  Along with a whole slew of other diodes I had not seen before.  (Formerly, I had a list of specific companies diodes like Zetex, but not the list I have now.)

     

    So I fixed it, but I don't know how.  Yesterday, I had tried a bunch of things.  I see the "Library" menu with "use, open, update" and "update all".

     

    I had the most recent version of Eagle, so Update All should not have done anything.  I don't know when it might have changed.

     

    I just don't know why this works now. I could have other libraries that have not loaded, like a Phoenix connector I am using.

     

    I did see a post in a forum about Eagle should NOT be loaded in the C directory, but no one said how to address this issue.

     

    Thanks to everyone!