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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dick,

You mean 1x4 instead of 4x1 ? That was accidental. Is there any convention?
>From what I see, both are used on the Internet.

Also, I asked a question yesterday on the lib-committers mailing list but
haven't got any response yet. Maybe one of you here can help. I was also
looking into adding a component library, but I noticed it does not get
installed when running "make install", if I put the .lib file is along all
the others in the library folder. What's missing here?

Carl



On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Carl,
>
> It was exciting to see work on the github footprints, Pin_Headers, and the
> Socket_Strips.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Noticed that the pin numbering was different from Pin_Array numbering.
>  Was that
> intentional or accidental?   If memory serves me, I think I've used the
> Pin_Array
> numbering more than the numbering in your recent commit.
>
>
> On a related topic, but not pertinent to your work, "To the wishlist":
>
> I have had to move Pin_Header footprints from one side of the board to the
> other, without
> changing or flipping the pin numbering.  This is not like a typical
> through hole
> footprint, where you do want to flip the pin numbering.   Instead I guess
> we need a
> footprint mirroring.
>
> In the case of headers, it is common to want to put the part on the other
> side but not
> flip the pin numbering.  I could not find a way to do this.  Mostly it
> pertains to the the
> assembler person, since the footprint looks the same on both sides of the
> board.  But the
> supporting documentation needed to tell the assembler to put the header on
> the other side
> would be made easier with an option to mirror header footprints.
>
>
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