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Battery contacts - which library? #2149
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They're specifically for batteries, so put them in the |
Alright, the |
I assume the contacts always get used in pairs? I see some benefit in having them as seperate symbols+footprints as it makes the BOM creation easier. Question: How does the designer know how much distance needs to be between the contacts? The first solution that comes to mind is to add some kind of marker in F.Fab for the 2nd contact into each footprint (maker example here #1394). Perhaps also add the outline of the battery into each footprint. On the board they should perfectly overlap. |
The designer would have to look up the distance in the specification / battery datasheet. It is half an inch. Maybe it'd good to have the distance in the footprint description?
Indeed that's a problem. How about having an X drawn on Fab or Cmts in both footprints, which have to overlap to match the correct distance? |
Hey guys,
I have two new footprints ready, they are the 9 volt battery contacts Keystone 269 & 261. My question now is, which is the most fitting library for them?
Of course the
Battery
library with theBatteryHolder
footprints first comes to mind. But on a second thought, these parts are contacts, not holders. They have (beside the actual contact) no mechanical support for holding a battery. You'd also need both to connect a battery to and you'd as a designer also need to get the distance of both parts on your PCB right.My next idea was to maybe put them in the generic
Connector
library? They are mating contacts after all, so a designer could use them for whatever they like, as a fancy board-to-board interconnect for example.What's your opinion on this?
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