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Ray page.json: fold the "TAB" entry into pin 2. On SOT-223-3_TabPin2 the tab is not a separate pad - it is that lead - so n… 694ad05
{
 "schema": "adom.pads/1",
 "slug": "ld1117as18tr",
 "footprint": "SOT-223-3_TabPin2",
 "generated_from": {
  "footprint": "SOT-223-3_TabPin2@sha256:8ae5f03e2c16377a",
  "pins": "page.json:component.pins",
  "overrides": null
 },
 "pin1": {
  "pad": "1",
  "at": [
   -3.15,
   -2.3
  ],
  "corner": "top-left",
  "source": "silk-marker",
  "derived_from": "SOT-223-3_TabPin2@sha256:8ae5f03e2c16377a"
 },
 "pad_count": 3,
 "symbol_pins": [
  "1",
  "2",
  "3"
 ],
 "paste_apertures": 0,
 "issues": [],
 "pads": [
  {
   "pad": "1",
   "kind": "smd",
   "shape": "roundrect",
   "at": [
    -3.15,
    -2.3
   ],
   "rot": 0.0,
   "size": [
    2.0,
    1.5
   ],
   "layers": [
    "F.Cu",
    "F.Mask",
    "F.Paste"
   ],
   "thermal": false,
   "pin": "1",
   "name": "ADJ/GND",
   "type": "power_in",
   "description": "Ground reference pin for the fixed-output versions (LD1117AS18 uses this pin as GND). On the adjustable variant this same pin is the ADJ feedback input (VREF = 1.25 V to the external divider). Connect to system ground for the LD1117AS18TR (1.8 V fixed).",
   "is_pin1": true,
   "source": {
    "geometry": "SOT-223-3_TabPin2.kicad_mod",
    "meaning": "page.json:component.pins",
    "correspondence": "kicad: symbol pin number == pad name"
   }
  },
  {
   "pad": "2",
   "kind": "smd",
   "shape": "roundrect",
   "at": [
    -3.15,
    0.0
   ],
   "rot": 0.0,
   "size": [
    2.0,
    1.5
   ],
   "layers": [
    "F.Cu",
    "F.Mask",
    "F.Paste"
   ],
   "thermal": false,
   "pin": "2",
   "name": "VOUT",
   "type": "power_out",
   "description": "Regulated 1.8 V output. Sources up to 1 A (1.2 A typical current limit). Requires a minimum 10 µF output capacitor to GND for loop stability. The SOT-223 tab is internally connected to this pin. Also the package tab: sOT-223 thermal tab, internally shorted to the VOUT pin (pin 2). Provides the primary heat-sinking path (RthJC = 15 °C/W, RthJA = 110 °C/W). Solder to a copper pour tied to VOUT to improve thermal performance.",
   "is_pin1": false,
   "source": {
    "geometry": "SOT-223-3_TabPin2.kicad_mod",
    "meaning": "page.json:component.pins",
    "correspondence": "kicad: symbol pin number == pad name"
   }
  },
  {
   "pad": "3",
   "kind": "smd",
   "shape": "roundrect",
   "at": [
    -3.15,
    2.3
   ],
   "rot": 0.0,
   "size": [
    2.0,
    1.5
   ],
   "layers": [
    "F.Cu",
    "F.Mask",
    "F.Paste"
   ],
   "thermal": false,
   "pin": "3",
   "name": "VIN",
   "type": "power_in",
   "description": "Unregulated DC input supply. Operating input voltage up to 10 V (absolute max 15 V). Dropout ≤1.15 V typ at 1 A, so VIN must be ≥ VOUT + VDROPOUT. A 100 nF input capacitor is recommended close to the pin.",
   "is_pin1": false,
   "source": {
    "geometry": "SOT-223-3_TabPin2.kicad_mod",
    "meaning": "page.json:component.pins",
    "correspondence": "kicad: symbol pin number == pad name"
   }
  }
 ]
}