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Thank you both for taking the time to answer, and for the pointer to how to export.

I agree about the value of doing your own stuff.  I did create my own part for the IC, and I was hoping to save myself some work for the display.

This is the first time I try to do a board since laying out with black tape on mylar back in high school.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McLaughlin" <dave_mclaughlin@nerdshack.com>
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:28:34 AM
Subject: RE: [AVR-Chat] Re: Eagle CAD question

Have to concur with Graham on this. Always roll your own or at least triple
check library parts and better still import them into your own libraries
after triple checking them.

 

Messed up PCB designs make good coffee mug coasters but rather expensive
ones at that! :o)

 

I use Altium Designer and have found issues with the "professional"
libraries supplied. If I roll my own or make a mistake in checking, at least
the fault is mine but after having done quite a few designs, I can now say
this is all in the past since I change my attitude to creating my own. :o)

 

Once you get comfortable in doing library parts it quite a quick and
painless exercise to make your own.

 

Dave.

 

From: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of bayramdavies
Sent: 14 June 2012 20:05
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AVR-Chat] Re: Eagle CAD question

 

  

phabib wrote:

> I'm learning Eagle CAD ... New Haven Display
> NHD-C12832A1Z ... found a .sch file and a .brd
> file that uses the display ... haven't been
> able to figure out how to go from there ...

First, if you are "learning Eagle CAD", you might as well get used to
creating your own parts. If a part is wrong, your design will be wrong so
you need to take responsibility for this. It is amazing how many parts are
wrong, even from "reputable" sources such as the Eagle libraries themselves.

Or, if you want to use the part in the schematic / board files you have
found, assuming the author is OK with this, then Google something like
"Eagle cad export library".

Graham.



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