<pkircher>
still would not trust the footprints to much
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<Joerg-Neo900>
no EE ever trusts any footprints he didn't spoil himself
<enyc>
=)
<pkircher>
pretty much that
<pkircher>
same goes with symbols i guess
<Joerg-Neo900>
well, symbols are "simple"
<pkircher>
depends on the pincount
<pkircher>
simply yes .. but tedious
<Joerg-Neo900>
you could say a symbol has like maybe 8 bit per pin, while a footprint has 128bit per pin (ballpark numbers)
<Joerg-Neo900>
relevant bits
<Joerg-Neo900>
an example: when I know it's a logic gate, has 2 signal pins and I see "07" as part name, then I already know it's most likely a 7407 and I know the symbol must be inverter. So the info in symbol is "07" which depending on how you count it is 8 to 16bit
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<Joerg-Neo900>
footprint OTOH are at least XYr1r2r3 coords for each pin, in at least int32
<Joerg-Neo900>
ok, you could assume r1r2r3 are same for all pins
<pkircher>
did the spanish guy come back to you ?
<Joerg-Neo900>
ravelo is theone in contact with him
<pkircher>
ah cool .. well fingers crossed
<Joerg-Neo900>
not yet anything newsworthy
<Joerg-Neo900>
IOW we shouldn't discuss this in here
<atk>
Isn't there some standard for these footprints and pinouts?
<Joerg-Neo900>
no, not really
<Joerg-Neo900>
there are standard (JEDEC et all) chip cases. yes
<Joerg-Neo900>
but the footprints themselves are as well determined by the requirements and capabilities of the PCB maker and assembly factory and the process they use