This work session I added test points. This was something I noticed on many designs, especially for prototype boards, and I decided to implement them as well. This was tricky however, as my board is already incredibly dense, and test pads can take up considerable space.

After adding the pads, and re-updating my pcb from schematic, I noticed that all the 3d models were gone again. And worse, the custom footprint I designed for my bluetooth chip was also gone. The footprint for the bluetooth chip was especially tedious to make, as I added a bunch of zone rules like no copper fills and components, and such based on the application circuit.

This was and is frustrating, but I think the reason, was because my edits were saved to the pcb rather than to the footprint library, which meant refreshing the pcb page, lead to the changes being lost. I plan to fix this, by getting more familiar with the footprint editor, so my work doesn’t get lost.

Speaking of which, the next journal will actually be a recovery journal, as early on this project, I lost a four hour session due to a lookout recording bug. So, I plan to play out the screen recoding of the 4 hours, which has to be fair game, given how this is the SECOND time, I’ve lost a 4 hour session.

Anyways, that’s all for now folks…