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Eagle Workshop
Following a very successful and popular Eagle CAD workshop back in April, we'll be having another one on Monday, June 15 at 7:00 pm.


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=Potential Topics=


== Who's leading the workshop? ==
The following will be way too much for one and a half hours. Feel free to add topics, then let's use the talk page to vote for what we want most to cover.
[[User:asm]]


== Interest ==
*Review of last time
*[[User:turkshead]]
**What is EAGLE, 15 minute refresher on making a schematic and laying out a board.
*[[User:Ioerror]]
*Expanding into new topics
*[[User:rachel]]
**Making custom devices and libraries
*[[User:emDaut]]
***How to make the pin outs and footprints from a data sheet, possibly recycling someone else's similar part.
*[[User:Endenizen|Brian Ferrell]]
***How to label the part correctly and control what layers show on the board view (this can be confusing!)
**Autorouting design rules
**Error checking
**Exporting gerber files and using a CAM processor
***Checking the gerber files in a non-Eagle viewer program

Revision as of 00:51, 11 June 2009

Following a very successful and popular Eagle CAD workshop back in April, we'll be having another one on Monday, June 15 at 7:00 pm.

Potential Topics

The following will be way too much for one and a half hours. Feel free to add topics, then let's use the talk page to vote for what we want most to cover.

  • Review of last time
    • What is EAGLE, 15 minute refresher on making a schematic and laying out a board.
  • Expanding into new topics
    • Making custom devices and libraries
      • How to make the pin outs and footprints from a data sheet, possibly recycling someone else's similar part.
      • How to label the part correctly and control what layers show on the board view (this can be confusing!)
    • Autorouting design rules
    • Error checking
    • Exporting gerber files and using a CAM processor
      • Checking the gerber files in a non-Eagle viewer program