EPISODE · Sep 18, 2022 · 28 MIN
Desk of Ladyada - Use ANY font in EagleCAD with Pinguin
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Desk of Ladyada - Use ANY font in EagleCAD with Pinguin We've been doing a ton of revisions lately and as we're re-spinning boards we had a bit of an itch to make some pretty silkscreens. Normally the way nice silks are done at adafruit is we ask PaintYourDragon to do a custom silkscreen after the PCB is laid out. This of course results in the gorgeous designs for the MacroPad and Monster M4sk...but for lil breakouts it's a ton of work to export/design/re-import the top and bottom silks. And it's also hard to tweak the design. So we asked 'drag0n to come up with some automated way to change the font from a servicable-vector-y font. A week later and Pinguin is born, a python script that will swap any font for you, automagically, and even do a pretty darn good job of keeping the size the same. Let's check it out! The Great Search - Very Low Dropout 1A Schottky Diode (MBR120VL replacement) https://www.digikey.com/short/wff90jqb We use lots of Schottky diodes in our products for power supply circuits - traditionally we've used the On Semi MBR120VLSFT1G (https://www.digikey.com/short/rd25c3rt) which is 20V forward, 1A current, SOD-123 package, and a slim 340mV forward drop at 1A. You'll be shocked (or is it...Schottk'd?) to hear that it's unobtanium, with a 75 week lead time. We looked at some other parts in the MBR120 base product number family (https://www.digikey.com/short/vjr347bp) but they're also out of stock! However, we will not be deterred - let's use our Great Search Skills to find a good drop-in replacement diode at Digi-Key with matching-or-better specifications! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ ----------------------------------------- #deskofladyada #thegreatsearch #adafruit
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Desk of Ladyada - Use ANY font in EagleCAD with Pinguin We've been doing a ton of revisions lately and as we're re-spinning boards we had a bit of an itch to make some pretty silkscreens. Normally the way nice silks are done at adafruit is we ask PaintYourDragon to do a custom silkscreen after the PCB is laid out. This of course results in the gorgeous designs for the MacroPad and Monster M4sk...but for lil breakouts it's a ton of work to export/design/re-import the top and bottom silks. And it's also hard to tweak the design. So we asked 'drag0n to come up with some automated way to change the font from a servicable-vector-y font. A week later and Pinguin is born, a python script that will swap any font for you, automagically, and even do a pretty darn good job of keeping the size the same. Let's check it out! The Great Search - Very Low Dropout 1A Schottky Diode (MBR120VL replacement) https://www.digikey.com/short/wff90jqb We use lots of Schottky diodes in our products for power supply circuits - traditionally we've used the On Semi MBR120VLSFT1G (https://www.digikey.com/short/rd25c3rt) which is 20V forward, 1A current, SOD-123 package, and a slim 340mV forward drop at 1A. You'll be shocked (or is it...Schottk'd?) to hear that it's unobtanium, with a 75 week lead time. We looked at some other parts in the MBR120 base product number family (https://www.digikey.com/short/vjr347bp) but they're also out of stock! However, we will not be deterred - let's use our Great Search Skills to find a good drop-in replacement diode at Digi-Key with matching-or-better specifications! Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ ----------------------------------------- #deskofladyada #thegreatsearch #adafruit
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