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that limits it to about 500 persons :)

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anyways

David

good, did you find the time to take a look the the Alpha SFE?

I've looked through it. Documentation is sparse though

did we?

oh

What can I help with?

depends on what you are willing/able to do

the source code is basically the documentation, but I was more referring to the schematic and board layout for the SFE

no project tracking yet

so, hardware design or software?

I would love to work with hardware design, although I'm only 3rd year

tbh I've heard of eagle but never used it

okay, then maybe a good start is to create a few library elements we need?

ok

yeah, once we have more people helping, we'll certainly do something like that

that would definitely be great

Yea. I would love to have the chance to contribute to hardware design, especially as all my jobs are like web development which don't even relate to EE

okok

they are all similar, but of course have different land pattern

the footprint on the PCB

i.e. the SMD pads and their placement to solder them on

and of course, they have slightly different properties

like pin spacing, shielding, etc

let me give you an example

that is a connector from the hirose DF23C series

if you google for that, you find a datasheet

on the 3rd page is a Recommended PCB Footprint

wait so are these interconnects make the chips removable?

those are connectors between boards

sorry

I see I see

ok

i.e. get the placement right, the number of pins, find a design symbol, etc

schematic and the layout part i.e. the footprint

https://imgur.com/ORQm0EQ

nah, we don't need the 3D/Cad version, we need the schematic/PCB version

something like this: http://mightyohm.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ipc-lp-calc.png

so I need to make it for that specific connector?

or find it somewhere on the net

often components have been already created and you only need to adjust minor details if anything at all

but for that specific connector correct?

we are also considering the 40pin version from the same series

Ok. Do you have a google doc of all the tasks needed to be done or just ask on IRC?

ok

I assume I should use the reccomended pcb footprint one as its a landing pad?

land pattern is slightly larger than the actual device correct?

because the solder has to go around the pins

ok

and i assume top and side view like in that example you linked?

best to pick an existing connector from the default eagle library and see how it is done there