You'll need to get a datasheet for the Bobbin from the manufacturer which will give you the dimensions for the part.Hi,
I am going to create a PCB of a Power Electronics converter. I made its inductor with a EE core.
I have its bobbin dimension which has (2*4) 8 pins.
I am thankful if you help me how can I create a symbol for the inductor whose footprint has 8 pins.
I put the picture of my inductor.
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I measured its distance, but I don't know which layer is suitable for mechanical drawing?Hello,
Do you have its datasheet? Maybe the manufacturer or the Part Number? With that, the footprint design will be easy, otherwise, you will have to measure the pin distance by hand.
If you are not sure, then open some similar component from the library in the editor and see for yourself what is drawn in which layer.
Thank you for your reply. But, can you send me a manual for the Altium design, especially the design footprint for the unknown component? thanksYou can use almost any layer you want, except those with copper used for routing (Top and Bottom layer, or internal layers).
What I do normally is to uniform all my designs, for example: Mechanical 1 for the PCB outline, mechanical 15 for the components keepin...
Thanks for your response. But, I don't understand what is your mean about Eagle layers and so on. I am using Altium 17.You are using a professional program. It may name the layers differently. In Eagle, solder pads for TH devices are at least on top and bottom layers. They consist of several layers, and one usually just uses the "pad" tool. It takes care of the layers and assigning a signal function to the pad.
Mechanical outlines are usually on t-Place (component side by convention). The mechanical outline is relatively unimportant. It is just the silkscreen on a PCB. Generally you do not want the t-Place to cover any part of a pad. In fact, the t-Place drawing may be quite cryptic. You also have to consider other layers, such as t-Keepout, and t-Info. The latter is quite unimportant usually on the PCB.
If cutouts or slots in the board are required for mounting, then different layers are used. Dimension is one of them in Eagle.
I do not have a specific manual for this. I frequently follow the official Altium's documentation:Thank you for your reply. But, can you send me a manual for the Altium design, especially the design footprint for the unknown component? thanks
Thnak you so much. I saw this link, but I don't understand why in some cases it used the yellow layer and when used the pink layer. Please see this pic of the sent likeI do not have a specific manual for this. I frequently follow the official Altium's documentation:
https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/creating-the-pcb-footprint-ad?version=18.0
The top overlay is the silkscreen, i.e. it will be printed on the PCB.Thnak you so much. I saw this link, but I don't understand why in some cases it used the yellow layer and when used the pink layer. Please see this pic of the sent like
https://www.altium.com/documentatio...hments/296850/FootprintMultiplePadsonePin.png
Yes, you're right. but, my meaning is the top overlayer is enough for 2D.The top overlay is the silkscreen, i.e. it will be printed on the PCB.
The mechanical layers can be used for other purposes. In your example, the green one is used to delimit the component outline, the pink is for the 3D model and the other one green is to mark the component origin.
Use only the top overlay is not a good practice, because you will miss important information at the PCB