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RN-41 / RN-42 footprints?

FlyingFishFingerFlyingFishFinger Posts: 461
edited 2010-07-08 23:26 in General Discussion
Hi-
I'm having massive problems trying to make a footprint for an RN-42 module. The datasheet drawing looks like a cartoon and (from what I can tell) does not match up with their DFX file, which in itself seems to be slightly corrupted because Solidworks complains and DipTrace can't import it either.
Here's a link to the information if someone needs it [noparse]:http:[/noparse]//rovingnetworks.com/rn-42.php
I was wondering if anyone here's used these before and knows of the correct dimensions or a library that has these in it.
Thanks!

Rafael

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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-07-08 23:09
    I imported the DXF file into Pulsonix:

    RN-42.jpg

    It seems to be missing the pad sizes.

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    Post Edited (Leon) : 7/8/2010 11:17:48 PM GMT
  • FlyingFishFingerFlyingFishFinger Posts: 461
    edited 2010-07-08 23:12
    Thanks alot.
    I was able to view it with SolidWorks, but it's still not consistent with the datasheets as far as I can tell. I'm going to try re-exporting the pad layer out of SolidWorks and see what happens...

    Rafael

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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-07-08 23:17
    I'd email RN for clarification.

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  • FlyingFishFingerFlyingFishFinger Posts: 461
    edited 2010-07-08 23:26
    I did. They said go with the DFX file over the datasheet but I can't import it properly...

    R

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