Archive for June, 2006
Tuesday, June 6th, 2006
Setting All Pad Sizes
If you would like to change the pad sizes for a board layout that you are going to etch, here is a brief description of how to do that. You must open your layout in the board layout editor to follow this procedure. … more …
Monday, June 5th, 2006
Brown Sound in a Box II (BSIAB2)
Ed Guidry designed this one and I took his schematic from GeneralGuitarGadgets.com. The BSIAB 2 is apparently one of the most popular distortion circuits on Aron’s forum. tungngruv on diystompboxes.com kindly wrote to say that he built the circuit successfully with this layout.
Monday, June 5th, 2006
Setting All Drill Sizes
If you would like to change the drill sizes for your board layouts, here is a brief description of how to do that. This procedure is carried out in the library editor and you must change each library that you use. As a result, it is the sort of thing that you do as little as possible. Maybe once, because you do not like the 0.7 mm drill size in my libraries. 😉 … more …
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Eagle 5: Components
At first use, adding components to a schematic is often frustrating. The libraries available on this site are organized to make this easier for DIY pedal makers. This page describes the organization as it appears in Eagle in more detail. … more …
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Eagle 4: Schematics
In Eagle, one usually creates a schematic first and then, based upon the schematic, a layout. Files for each, the schematic and the layout, are saved in a project folder. In this post, we will show how to create a new project folder in Eagle’s Control Panel and how to create a new schematic file within that project. … more …
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Eagle 3: Setup
In order to setup new libraries in Eagle, we will walk through
- Eagle’s Control Panel
- creating additional folders for libraries and projects
- editing folder descriptions
- telling Eagle to use new libraries
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Eagle 2: Libraries
Finding the appropriate components can be frustrating in the default Eagle setup. Component libraries for CadSoft’s Eagle Layout Editor and diy pedals are available in the zip file linked here: gm-lbr.zip. These libraries gather many of the common components used by diy pedal builders, grouping components by type and indicating values associated with each package size. … more …
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Eagle 1: Description
To design my circuit boards, I use the freeware version of the Eagle Layout Editor by CadSoft Computer GmbH. The software is located in the download area of their site. On this site, I describe the software and offer component libraries and circuit examples. The libraries are organized for diy pedal circuit design and the examples are popular pedal circuits. … more …