Footprint pads differ from datasheet recommendations
Several library footprints have pads sized differently from manufacturer recommendations, risking bad solder joints.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 12 January 2021 · last reported 18 September 2026
What's going wrong
Makers designing boards with small surface-mount parts report that library footprints for several packages, including SOT-23, SOD-323, USON-10 and a 1206 fuse, use pad sizes that differ from the datasheet or manufacturer land-pattern recommendations.
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