Re: [kicad-users] BGA padstacks

[Mike Noll]

I've got one solution, but I'm curious if someone has something more elegant. Each pad is loaded directly into the board-file and includes a line : At STD N 00E0FFFF The STD is the type of pad, not sure what the N is nor the 00E0 but the FFFF is a layermask where bit 0 is layer 0 (copper), bit 15 is layer 15 (component) and bits 1 through 14 are the inner layers. I'm guessing the 00E0 are the documentation layers? So after reading in the BGA to the board, I can edit the .brd file to set each PAD stack as desired. A subsequent launch of PCBNew does exactly what you'd expect. The pads in the missing layers are gone and the DRC will now let you route over where the PAD used to be without complaints. Clearly it's a bit tedious. Has anyone got any other ideas? Thanks Mike Noll mnoll60 wrote: Just started evaluating KiCad for a home project with several BGA packages on an 8 layer board. Has anyone created a BGA module in PCBNEW? Is there a good tutorial for that? For any given padstack (BGA vias especially, but also through-hole comps.), is it possible to delete the pads in unused layers? This would especially help breaking out large BGAs in smaller layer counts. Thanks Mike Noll Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please contribute your symbols/modules to the library folder in the group files section. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel SPONSORED LINKS Open source software Symbol software Symbols Open source YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "kicad-users" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.