I use the CentOS version from the kicad site on SUSE, it's a binary and as such does not have any dependencies to worry about. The install is just a matter of copying the directory and then just setting the permissions on the contents of one directory. ftp://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/
generally power connections do not show up at all unless you tell the system do do so. (show hidden pins on the left hand side toolbar) When you run a DRC on the cct in eeschema. do you get any errors, if so they are prob pin not powered or such like. If you have a device that generates power, and the pin is a power out type, (as on a 7805 regulator) then you don't have to worry about it. However say the power comes in on a pin from off-board rather then from a device, you have to tell the system that the pin is actually "powered" you do this by simply attaching a power flag to the net. (this also applies to power from devices that may not have the output pin defined as a power out) You will normally have to do this to the 0V line as well. Note that if you set the system to show hidden pins then you have to connect them yourself. If not shown then they are treated as "invisible" nets and are automatically connected to the hidden pins of the same name. Andy On Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:08:27 -0000 "Andres Cimmarusti" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new to KiCad (in fact I have no previous experience creating footprints > or schematics of circuits...). I'm running an old version of KiCad (2007), > because it's the only one available in the stable repositories of Debian > (even in the unstable repos, the newest version is 2008). I'm trying to learn > how to backport the newest version, but to do it right in Debian takes a lot > of work... > > In the schematics I have placed powers for an Op amp and a bias voltage for a > photodiode. First, when generating the netlist, they don't show up (I don't > know if this is how it's supposed to be). Therefore when reading the netlist > with pcbnew I get no "power modules"?... > > The people in my lab generally use Eagle Light, and they told me that eagle > usually places a hole corresponding to the power. I know I can do this > manually, but it's kind of a pain. Do you guys know how to do this? Is it > included in a newer version or something? > > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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 visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
