Farnell doesn't have the part, but Componentsearch lists it, so I
asked it to build the footprint, which it flatly refused with a
big red banner! I wonder what the problem is.
On 2024-08-24 12:10, John Woodgate
wrote:
Thanks, Tony. Yes, I have occasionally been
able to buy from Mouser and Digikey without paying the huge
devilry charges. I have found a solution to the trimmer pot: I
have some with the same layout as TO-5. Now I'm looking for
the footprint of Alps RK11K114, which is a spindle pot, the
filter frequency control. I have found the dimensions from
Mouser., but obviously I will try to follow up your extensive
advice about Farnell and ECAD.
You make it sound simple, but for
someone who has never done it successfully, it is not
simple.? I have tried and failed too often. There are many
steps and questions:
- How to make a library, what filename
to use and where to save it?
- Moving a pad is fairly easy, but how
to know what to re-size it to?
- How to change the contour lines? Are
they lines or rectangles or circles? Some appear to be
polygons made of individual lines, so are very difficult
to change.
I can't use YouTube videos because I am too
deaf to understand the sound. It's not a loudness problem,
the people talk too fast and not clearly enough.I
will certainly look at Digikey and Mouser, but I am in
England, so many of their parts are simply too costly to buy
in small quantities.
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John Woodgate
Keep trying
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Best Wishes
John Woodgate
Keep trying
John Woodgate