New parts, new part PCB Problem

RE: New parts, new part PCB Problem

camuyano — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:00:26 GMT

Final boards came in, and now they are looking great.

I modified the part footprint a bit for my resonators to work. Since I have not much experience, I did not wanted to move the other pads closer to the middle. Instead I made them wider, that but wider enable me to use my resonator. This might not be a high quality join but it gets the job done. Here is a picture of the resonator in the fixed board.

I also added a cutoff of the ground layer around the resonator just in case, that's why the surrounding area looks dark green.

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Overall I am very happy with the results. Modifying a part in Eagle was a great learning experience. And I say to others, if your part is not exactly in Eagle you can improvise and create it, just look for a similar part and start modifying.

RE: New parts, new part PCB Problem

camuyano — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:18:30 GMT

Just submitted a pull request on github to have this part fixed on the library. Soon should know if it is accepted. Just to avoid this from happening to others.

RE: New parts, new part PCB Problem

camuyano — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 23:59:19 GMT

I forked the repository on github for the library, but I am not submitting a pull request for now. The library is using eagle 7 and I have eagle 6. I am not upgrading until I finish this project. After I have the full batch produced. I then upgrade and submit a pull request. Dont want to get anyone upset by submitting a path with an old version of the software.