Using downloaded libraries (Protel 99SE)

[Ben Watson]

Hello:

I'm still relatively new to the Protel environment. While redesigning one
of my old wire-wrap projects for PCB, I could not find many of the parts for
the schematic in the preinstalled libraries. I found some libraries on the
Protel website that look promising, but I do not know what steps are
involved on installing these new libraries (if installation is required) and
how to use/import these new libraries afterwards. Any tips would be much
appreciated.

 

[Peter Bennett]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:45:33 GMT, "Ben Watson" <bwatson0@cox.net>
wrote:

Hello:

I'm still relatively new to the Protel environment. While redesigning one
of my old wire-wrap projects for PCB, I could not find many of the parts for
the schematic in the preinstalled libraries. I found some libraries on the
Protel website that look promising, but I do not know what steps are
involved on installing these new libraries (if installation is required) and
how to use/import these new libraries afterwards. Any tips would be much
appreciated.

I make very little use of Protel's standard libraries, other than
device.lib, which contains resistors, caps, and many other "generic"
parts. I do use one of the TTL libraries for TTL logic.

For most other ICs, and any other special parts, I just make my own,
and keep them in my own library.

Protel's library editors are very easy to use, and I think it is
generally quicker to make my own parts than to try to find what I want
in their libs. (and some engineers I work for use bleeding edge parts
that wouldn't be in the available libraries anyway...)





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[Ben Watson]

Thank you for the advise. I was thinking the very same thing upon thumbing
through the manual.

Also, my original design was done in OrCad a couple years ago. I still have
the OrCad project and have imported it into my new Protel project. During
the import, it carried over nearly all of the components.

Do you think this would be an acceptable solution, that is, using the
imported schematic parts. I'm not so much interested in any simulation
analysis. I merely wish to make a PCB. I'm assuming if I assign the proper
footprints to parts and make sure the net names are ok, I should be fine.

 

[Peter Bennett]

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 03:53:30 GMT, "Ben Watson" <bwatson0@cox.net>
wrote:

Thank you for the advise. I was thinking the very same thing upon thumbing
through the manual.

Also, my original design was done in OrCad a couple years ago. I still have
the OrCad project and have imported it into my new Protel project. During
the import, it carried over nearly all of the components.

Do you think this would be an acceptable solution, that is, using the
imported schematic parts. I'm not so much interested in any simulation
analysis. I merely wish to make a PCB. I'm assuming if I assign the proper
footprints to parts and make sure the net names are ok, I should be fine.

Yes - certainly. In Protel Schematic you can make a "project library"
from your current schematic if you wish, and make any improvements or
corrections to the existing symbols in that library.



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