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SO-4 footprints - silk too close to pads

John Beard requested to merge github/fork/johnbeard/so4_silk_clearance into master
  • SO-4_4.4x2.3mm_P1.27mm
  • SO-4_4.4x3.6mm_P2.54mm
  • SO-4_7.6x3.6mm_P2.54mm
  • SO-5_4.4x3.6mm_P1.27mm

In the SO-4 footprints, the silkscreen was within 0.05 mm of the pads. KLC guidelines are 0.2mm or more.

This means that the silk might be removed by the board manufacturer, and if this happens, it will remove the entire pin-1 marker line from the physical PCB.

This moves the silk in these footprints to be 0.2mm or more from pads.

Example before (local clearance only for illustration)

before

And after:

after

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