Eagle footprint for oval switch pads

[benny_profane]

Does anyone have eagle footprints for the switch pads @PedalPCB and Aion use for switches?

 

[Robert]

Which type of switch?

 

[benny_profane]

Anything you got! 3PDT for sure though.

 

[finebyfine]

I tried to export some of my diptrace switch footprints for eagle but diptrace gave a message about the hole shapes / pad dimensions being reset because of eagle specs, and I imagine that is the more useful part of what you're asking for here.

If you have the madbean library my go to 3pdt from that is "3pdtblue" (chinablue) with

• pads
  • width: 4.25mm
  • height: 2.125mm
• holes
  • width: 3.5mm
  • height: 1.5mm

It's not perfect but I've never had any trouble getting 3pdts to work with it. Here's a picture of this tayda switch (I fucking love these btw) installed in a random board (3pdt breakout with extra ground pads) that used that footprint.

 

[benny_profane]

Oh nice. I have been neglecting this project. I really like the oval pads for breakout boards. I’m planning on making a breakout that includes LED pads with a CLR / anti-pop / fade sub circuit (e.g., the low tide switching).

 

[finebyfine]

Oh nice. I have been neglecting this project. I really like the oval pads for breakout boards. I’m planning on making a breakout that includes LED pads with a CLR / anti-pop / fade sub circuit (e.g., the low tide switching).

I'm with you 100%. Round pads need way too much solder to make a solid connection on switches for me to feel confident they're not gonna shatter the epoxy on whatever switch I'm using. Plus the pins are ovals ... only makes sense that the pads and holes are too.

 

[Driz]

Any way I can get a hold of this footprint to use in an Eagle layout? I've tried to create one on my own but I'm not sure it's possible to create an oval shaped hole in the free version

I tried to export some of my diptrace switch footprints for eagle but diptrace gave a message about the hole shapes / pad dimensions being reset because of eagle specs, and I imagine that is the more useful part of what you're asking for here.

If you have the madbean library my go to 3pdt from that is "3pdtblue" (chinablue) with

• pads
  • width: 4.25mm
  • height: 2.125mm
• holes
  • width: 3.5mm
  • height: 1.5mm

It's not perfect but I've never had any trouble getting 3pdts to work with it. Here's a picture of this tayda switch (I fucking love these btw) installed in a random board (3pdt breakout with extra ground pads) that used that footprint.

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