I alwase use the website and coppy all the pins into it to generate the schematic symbol that way the chip layout matches the phisical pins. I agree it is not abstract but abstract is not fully functional.
name the schematic symbol by coppying from the names from the pins in the data sheet. You can find it by searching "kicad library gen" Next use the same names for the footprint. If you can use the java footprint tool... http://cyclerecorder.org/footprintbuilder/ I used that to make 64 pin chips with a little longer and wider pins that are surface mount also uniform and mach the schematic symbol their all in order etc. --- In [email protected], "Bernd Wiebus" <bernd.wie...@...> wrote: > > Hello Robert. > > > Just to let you know I'm preparing some instructions for my own formal > > method which I will upload in the next few days. > > Very good. > > > I'm trying to write > > them so they could be used by a beginner rather than just slapping a > > file on the server and leaving it for people > > Even better. > > > to figure out for > > themselves, so it will take me a little while. > > Don't hurry, but tell us, when you are ready. So i will not miss your > instructions. > Using my own symbols and footprints will not be enough to test them, because, > as an example, i never used a silkscreen on a board in real world, only on my > PC screen or on paper. So i would never detect a collision between pads and > the silkscreen. > Further on, with my own Symbols, i never used the pin types/propertys, i only > set them to passive or "not specifyed". > So it would be a great thing, having such a check list. > > With best regards: Bernd Wiebus alias dl1eic > > > > -- > Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - > sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser >
