[gta02-core] ATR0635 footprint
Werner Almesberger
werner at openmoko.org
Sun Aug 16 00:38:06 CEST 2009
I've added a directory for modules/footprints:
http://svn.openmoko.org/trunk/gta02-core/modules/
The inaugural footprint is the BGA96 of ATR0635. I've tentatively
called the file bga96-8x12-0mm8.fpd, with "bga96" being the vendor's
name for the package, 8x12 the number of rows/columns, and 0mm8 the
pitch.
Open issues:
- 0mm8 looks strange, but dots as in ...-0.8mm.fpd also seem confusing.
Any ideas ? Maybe just ...-08.fpd (or ...-p08.fpd) ?
- is it a good idea to circle the reference ball ? This 5 mil circle
leaves a clearance of about 0.135 mm, so there's a bit of room for
problems with silk screen registration, but not a lot.
- should the silk screen drawing of the outline be centered on the
real outline or should its outer edge be flush with the real
outline ?
- generally, how thick should our silk screen drawings be ? Is 5 mil
good ?
To review the footprint, you need fped from
http://svn.openmoko.org/eda/fped/
To examine it interactively (which also shows the measurements),
fped bga96-8x12-0mm8.fpd
To use it in KiCad,
fped -k bga96-8x12-0mm8.fpd
pcbnew
- add module under Preferences/Library
- place with "Add modules" (it's called BGA96-8x12-0.8mm)
(Ignore the scary "NOT YET IMPLEMENTED" warning of fped. That's just
arcs not being there yet.)
- Werner
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