[gta02-core] U490{1,2,3} diagrams

Werner Almesberger werner at openmoko.org
Fri Jun 12 00:44:42 CEST 2009


Rene Harder wrote:
> Yes I know, but in Kicad there are only two way to address this problem
> (as far I can tell right know), either you draw vendor and even package
> specific symbols or footprints. Everything else will somehow cause
> trouble or confusion.

I'd try to stay away from footprints with vendor-specific renumbering,
particularly if this numbering wouldn't correspond to the vendor's own
numbering. It's still relatively easy to spot such anomalies in the
schematics. But in the layout, the wrong footprint (e.g., FOO_5
instead VENDOR_CHIP_FOO5) has a pretty good chance of escaping review.

Anyway, I think we're good for now. I haven't looked at all the
footprints yet, so let's hope the vendors kept engineers prone to
getting creative in this particular area in the booby hatch ;-)

- Werner



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