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Charise Scrivner

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Aug 3, 2024, 12:54:22 AM8/3/24

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Hi all. I'm going to be using arduino with drv8838 dc motor driver break-out board. Does anyone here have libraries for the footprint of drv8838 (and other ones like drv8837, drv8833 etc) ? At the moment, I'm using a DIL 10 pin footprint, and using netnames to keep track of the pins.

Usually the breakouts are using 0.1" headers for breadboard compatibility. I will then use a 0.1" header footprint with the right number of pins. On the schematic, put notes on the schematic layer to name the pins. On the board, put some lines on the tPlace layer to show where the outline of the breakout is.

For breakouts I use a lot, I will make a footprint by copying the header part into my own library and putting the names and lines onto it there. It's easy to copy stuff into your own custom library but it's a little odd. You must have your library open in the library editor, then find the part you want to copy in the Eagle control panel. Right-click and select "copy to library" and it will appear in your library.

Thanks very much for showing and teaching me those methods Morgan. I'll be trying out those methods and will put it into my set of eagle-usage notes. I'll definitely be following these steps. Greatly appreciated! Thanks again. I'm going to try out that copy method you mentioned in just a moment.

MorganS:
It's easy to copy stuff into your own custom library but it's a little odd. You must have your library open in the library editor, then find the part you want to copy in the Eagle control panel. Right-click and select "copy to library" and it will appear in your library.