Seems right to me. If it's a single sided board I'd make the pads bigger
diameter to take more physical abuse from switch-pushing. But the hole
diameter and spacing look right.

Cheerful regards,

Bob

On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:12 -0400, "V G" wrote:
> Hey all,
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> I'm making a PCB footprint for this component, but don't really
> understand
> how far apart to pace the holes and what hole diameter/pad diameter to
> use.
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> Datasheet: http://www.bitechnologies.com/pdfs/swt6.pdf     Page 5
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> >From what I'm understanding, I place two holes 5mm apart with a hole
> diameter of 1mm and an overall pad diameter of about 1.7mm.
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> Am I right? Or should I place larger holes?

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