On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:11:42 -0500 Karl Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm working on updating some kicad documentation - I think the terms > are both used for the same thing, unless I'm missing something. Do I > have this straight - eeschema seems to use footprint and PCBnew calls > the same thing modules? > > In other programs, footprints are called "patterns" or > "decals" (PADSpcb/powerlogic called them decals). > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Karl Schmidt EMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Transtronics, Inc. WEB http://xtronics.com > 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089 > Lawrence, KS 66049 FAX (785) 841-0434 > > "Give me four parameters and I can fit an elephant; > Give me five and I can wag its tail." > (The source of the above quote?? Variants have been > attributed to C.F. Gauss, Niels Bohr, Lord Kelvin, Enrico Fermi.) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Footprint" certainly refers to the "physical" footprint of an object on the PCB, so it is only relevant as a term within PCBnew and Cvpcb. EEschema uses abstract drawing symbols, and if I'm not mistaken, it uses the term "components" to describe such drawing symbols. A module seems to be the same thing as a footprint. If you hover your mouse pointer over the Cvpcb icon in the main Kicad window, it is described as "Components to modules". Unless a module is a component combined with its footprint?
