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13 <h1 class="sectionedit1" id="this_page_should_include_user_experiences_with_the_geda_suite">This page should include user experiences with the gEDA suite.</h1>
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18 <h2 class="sectionedit2" id="paul_csanyi_s_experiences">Paul Csanyi&#039;s experiences</h2>
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21 <p>
22 Hello!
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25 <p>
26 My name is Paul Csanyi. I am a technics teacher in an elementary school.
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29 <p>
30 I use mainly Debian GNU/Linux operating system. I have installed the gEDA suite on my system.
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33 <p>
34 I am a newbe to the electronics and to the gEDA tools, but the electronics is so interesting theme to me so I decide to study gEDA tools and use it for making some simple projects. With these simple projects I intend to teach my pupils to fundamentals of electronics.
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37 <p>
38 I tried first the gEDA <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr>, but then I red that it is better to use gEDA from the command line, so I did so.
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42 I have tried several times gEDA tools to make some simple projects. Up to the present I learn how to use gschem tool very easily.
43 I made schematics easily.
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47 But then I need a symbol that I can&#039;t find in gschem library, so I decide to make it. I follow the tutorial
48 <a href="http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:tragesym_tutorial" class="urlextern" title="http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:tragesym_tutorial" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:tragesym_tutorial</a> and ask some questions on the mailing list geda-user
49 (The list is not active anymore - check <a href="geda-mailinglists.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-mailinglists.html">archives and current lists</a>).
50 </p>
52 <p>
53 Here in this Wiki I want to share some of mine experiences with the gEDA suite. I want to share some addons to the tragesym tutorial.
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56 <p>
57 If these thoughts are specific for the Debian system, like the place of the tragesym_template.gz file, then I shall write a note of this.
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60 <p>
61 I made a symbol for the 36-pin Centronics connector.
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64 <p>
65 From the “Tragesym tutorial”:
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68 <p>
69 <strong>Step1: Open a tragesym template file</strong>
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71 <ul>
72 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> open xterm window: eg.: urxvt</div>
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74 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> cp /usr/share/doc/geda-doc/wiki/_media/tragesym_template.gz ~/gEDA/gaf/ <br/>
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76 </li>
77 </ul>
79 <p>
80 <em class="u">Note: This is Debian specific.</em>
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82 <ul>
83 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> cd gEDA/gaf/</div>
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85 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> gzip -d tragesym_template.gz</div>
86 </li>
87 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Open in OpenOffice the tragesym_template file. I get OpenOffice Calc with opened file. “Set the type, style and position column to the most common value.” I have saved this <strong>tragesym_template</strong> file for the future use.</div>
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89 </ul>
91 <p>
92 <strong>Step2: Download the part data sheet and find the pin list</strong>
93 </p>
95 <p>
96 <strong>Step3: Copy the pin list into an editor and prepare it</strong>
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98 <ul>
99 <li class="level1"><div class="li">I have tried Midnight Commander as editor, but XEmacs is much better for this. I make Tabs between columns. From XEmacs I copy the lines into OpenOffice Calc.</div>
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101 </ul>
104 <strong>Step4: Insert all missing data into the spreadsheet</strong>
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106 <ul>
107 <li class="level1"><div class="li">In OpenOffice Calc I inserted all missing data. The label of the Pin 36 is &#039;IN SEL&#039; and have a negation overbar, so I write in the approppriate column: \_IN\ SEL\_ Note that here is a space between &#039;IN&#039; and &#039;SEL&#039;. Maybe it is trivial, but if one have a space in the label this works.</div>
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109 </ul>
112 <strong>Step5: Export the spreadsheet into a tab seperated text file</strong>
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114 <ul>
115 <li class="level1"><div class="li">In OpenOffice I did File / Save As / Filename: tragesym_template-for_36-pin_centronics_connector / Filetype: Structural text (CSV) (.csv) / Filter setup: on / Save / Text boundary: empty</div>
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117 </ul>
120 <strong>Step6: execute tragesym and create the symbol</strong>
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122 <ul>
123 <li class="level1"><div class="li">tragesym tragesym_template-for_36-pin_centronics_connector 36-pin-centronics.sch</div>
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125 </ul>
128 <strong>Step7: check the result with gschem and do some artwork</strong>
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130 <ul>
131 <li class="level1"><div class="li">“Now we have a complete symbol.”</div>
132 </li>
133 <li class="level1"><div class="li">“You can copy the symbol to your local symbol library e.g. /usr/local/share/gEDA/sym/local/ and use it.” <br/>
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135 </li>
136 </ul>
139 cp 36-pin_centronics.sch /home/username/gEDA/gaf/gschem-sym/connectors/36-pin_centronics.sym
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143 This symbol can be viewed here: <br/>
145 <a href="http://www.mediamax.com/paul_csanyi/Hosted/gschem_schems/36-pin-centronics.sym" class="urlextern" title="http://www.mediamax.com/paul_csanyi/Hosted/gschem_schems/36-pin-centronics.sym" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediamax.com/paul_csanyi/Hosted/gschem_schems/36-pin-centronics.sym</a> (dead link)
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149 In this symbol I put the footprint: “SUBD_FEMALE_LAY 25” but this is not the approppriate footprint for the 36-pin Centronics connector. I tried to find footprint for the 36-pin Centronics connector here:
150 <a href="http://www.gedasymbols.org/" class="urlextern" title="http://www.gedasymbols.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gedasymbols.org/</a>, but with no success.
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154 I think I gone to make one 36-pin Centronics footprint soon, using “PCB Footprint Guide” here:<br/>
156 <a href="http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:pcb_footprints" class="urlextern" title="http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:pcb_footprints" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.geda-project.org/geda:pcb_footprints</a>. <img src="images/smileys/icon_smile.gif" align="middle" alt=":-)" />
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