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I am designing PCB and schematic in Altium Designer. I need to add this IC to board design. TI does not provide any libraries and Altium files containing this IC. But in data sheet there's information about footprint: LGA Package – 1.27-mm Pitch, 63-Pin, 20.5-mm × 17.5-mm LGA Package for Easy Assembly and Low-Cost PCB Design

Maybe I can generate this footprint somewhere for Altium?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ What is your question? \$\endgroup\$ – Leon Heller Jul 30 '17 at 10:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ How to generate footprint in Altium Designer using information I have \$\endgroup\$ – Nikita Zernov Jul 30 '17 at 10:36
  • \$\begingroup\$ Pages 85-87 of the datasheet show the package measurements, recommended land pattern, and recommended paste. That is all the information you need to make a footprint. When it is released, you may be able to use the design files from the corresponding launchpad, but it does not appear to be public yet. \$\endgroup\$ – uint128_t Jul 30 '17 at 21:01
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A while back I created a tutorial on adding components to Altium libraries. You will very rarely find pre-made libraries, and personally I don't recommend using them anyway because the varying styles between libraries will lead to a very sloppy design.

The other option is to use the IPC-Compliant Footprint Wizard, which can be found in the Tools menu. With that tool you can take the values from the datasheet and generate your own footprint for the component.

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