Learning Eagle
I have been dabbling a lot with Eagle as of late. And today I started to make some inroads. I created my first part in Eagle and have started a library. The part I created was the AS1106 LED Driver from Austria Microsystems: http://www.austriamicrosystems.com/eng/Products/Lighting-Management/LED-Drivers/AS1106
It is a cheaper alternative of the MAX2219 LED driver from Maxim-IC. I recently embarked on created a game using the Arduino that incorporates tons of LEDs and depending on my final configuration (haven’t decided on this yet), it would require 2-3 of these LED Drivers.
I also plan on using this project to Learn Eagle and since my AS1106 chips came in yesterday I thought I’d start by creating a part for them. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be and the Sparkfun tutorials on Eagle are a good starting point.
Next I want to create a small protoboard with a single piece of each component type. Once I make sure that the footprint of each one is right, I’ll finish up the board and then I am set to go!