Eagle Library for Alpha Pots

[byoung]

I'm laying out a couple new boards and wanted to use board mounted alpha pots, 16mm in particular. Does anybody possibly have an Eagle library for Alphas?

 

[pablobolche]

You can get the datasheet for each pot you want in and visit
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-custom-library-part-in-Eagle-CAD-too/ 
or try to find them in
ftp://ftp.cadsoft.de/eagle/userfiles/libraries/

Go for it.

 

[Ptownkid]

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, now is the perfect time to learn how to create an eagle lib/part. Go to www.instructables.com and you'll find some great tutorials on how to do it.

Creating your own parts in eagle is an invaluable skill

 

[grantlack]

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, now is the perfect time to learn how to create an eagle lib/part.

Agreed, it's not too tough. I managed to happen upon the library editing while playing around and found it pretty easy. Often, it's as simple as finding a reference datasheet and editing an existing part to different specs.

 

[bruno2000]

+1 for editing!  What I do is copy a library and add an X to the new file name (or remane it entirely) so as not to mess up the original library, then edit away.
Best,
Bruno2000

 

[grantlack]

+1 for editing!  What I do is copy a library and add an X to the new file name (or remane it entirely) so as not to mess up the original library, then edit away.

Yep, I did this to thin out a library and tailor it to my senior project. The editor has also proved valuable to cross-check "unofficial" footprints with reported dimensions, I've found a couple rather creative interpretations while building this library of somewhat obscure smt components.

 

[AMZ-FX]

There is a useful lbr file that include 16mm pots on this page:

http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/tools/software/eagle/eagle-2-libraries/

regards, Jack