So far, KiCAD has been a life (and money) saver. Thank you to the designers and many individual who create libraries of components and modules because without you, a lot of us would have no way of designing our own PCBs.
That being said, a friend of mine and I are designing many different kinds of synthesizers, circuit bent toys/instruments and most importantly, modules that we are initially going to target for the 3U eurorack format. I've been attempting to layout the modules in KiCAD for some time now and am struggling with it comes to the input/output. My main issue is the lack of audio jacks. I can't find a library containing anything close to what is VERY common in the audio/video world input/output component. In this case, namely a 1/8" mono jack. I've been able to create a rudimentary component that works OK in the EE design portion, but as far as designing the module counterpart for the PCBNEW phase, well... I've fallen short. Does anyone know if there is a library out there available containing a wide array of the most common audio jacks? I've looked and looked to no avail. What would be great is if there is someone out there who has already designed a module or synthesizer using jacks exactly like or similar to the 1/8" mono jacks in question. I'm sorry I don't have part #'s, but with our work space being at my friend's house and he's on vacation all week, the closest I can provide are picture from a post on our blog (10th and 11th down): http://www.analoguebus.com/blog/2009/06/25/it-has-been-a-while-since-we-have-posted-sorry-warning-lots-of-pictures/ Any advice on building up a library of various audio jacks, finding and existing one or even finding someone who could provide a simple synthesizer/audio project utilizing the jacks or similar jacks in question would be fantastic. I'm not looking for a free ride or shortcut here, I really have been struggling with this for a while and felt like it was time to move on and ask the experts. Thanks for any piece of advice in advance, Ian
