Thanks Andy your the Man! That worked! One more thing, in my schematic i had to use the power-flag tool for v+ and gnd. Do i have to enter those manually in PCbnew, since there not on my board ?
--- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyya...@...> wrote: > > In your other post you mention a 0.1uF and a 1uF cap as examples. > > In eeschema you need to add from the devices lib a C for the 0.1 and a > capapol (polarised cap (electrolytic) for the 1uF > > Add the wires, annotate the circuit, then generate the netlist > Then run CvPCB. Select C1 for the 0.1 and C1V5 for the 1uF > > Save the result, which will generate a new netlist, and then import that > into PCBnew You should find that all your wires are there. > > > While you are in CvPCB, goto the 10th icon on the top bar, (Display > footprints list documentation) that's a pdf file of all the included > footprints with Kicad. It's very useful to have that handy when you are > selecting the footprints. > > > For documentation there is some: libs are covered in the eeschema docs, > and footprints in the PCBnew doc. There is also a tutorial. You should > find them in: > > /usr/local/kicad/doc (for linux) > > c:program files/kicad/doc (for windows) > > You have to drill down into whatever lang. you want. There is a help > folder and a tutorial folder. > > Do run through the tutorial a few times, as it takes a bit of practise to > get the hang of things, the key point to remember is that the pin names > and numbers must agree between the libs and modules. > > Also remember to save your libs and modules in your OWN directories, this > just safeguards against a new kicad version overwriting anything you have > done. > > > Andy > > > > On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:10:37 -0000 > "acidb...@..." <sunblast...@...> wrote: > > > ok I think i'm beginning to see. > > Now i just need to find I tutorial on how > > to make/change modules. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyyahoo@> wrote: > > > > > > The good grid size is one that matches the libs... > > > > > > Normally the default is fine. What can happen is that if you create your > > > own parts, and use a different grid size then things don't align. > > > > > > As a silly example, say you set the grid to 55ml when designing the part, > > > and > > > still used 50ml for the normaly layout. That would cause all sorts of > > > problems. I've learnt to be very careful with grid sizes when creating > > > parts. :-) > > > > > > OK with ERC that's fine. It's probably a name mismatch as Alan suggests. > > > > > > Dont forget that there very often there IS NOT a 1:1 relationship between > > > a lib and mod. > > > > > > You could have a BC108, 2N3904, and any number of other transistors. They > > > would all have the same footprints, so you would hope that they would > > > have the same pin names, i.e. ebc however some get numbered pins. Then > > > you have FETs, sgd pins rather than ebc but still the same footprint. > > > I've found diodes with pins 1 & 2 when a & k would be better. When I > > > find such problems I normally create another module and name it > > > something like TO92-ebc or LED-5mm-ak. > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:23:31 -0000 > > > "acidblue@" <sunblaster5@> wrote: > > > > > > > I always do an ERC check, till it gets to 0. > > > > Whats a good grid size? I always use the default,which i think > > > > is 50ml, should i try something smaller? > > > > BTW this always happens in kicad, i could never figure out why. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Andy Eskelson <andyyahoo@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Every connection you make should have a wire in the rats nest. > > > > > > > > > > Have you run an ERC on the circuit? > > > > > The most common problem is that you forget to add junctions when there > > > > > are more than one connection on a wire. (I'm always doing this) > > > > > > > > > > Another problem is that you mess up the grid size and the connection > > > > > does > > > > > not quite connect to a pin. > > > > > > > > > > In both cases the ERC check you throw up a list of bad connections and > > > > > draw a little arrow where the problem is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:35:13 -0000 > > > > > "acidblue@" <sunblaster5@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > when i open Pcbnew, after CVPcb, i noticed some of my led's and > > > > > > resistors aren't connected, no rats nest. > > > > > > Shouldn't every module have a connection ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > 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 > > > > > > >
