Hi Ian, Hatse. I did not reply to this thread but I spent last week playing with KiCad: I really love it. I find it much more intuitive than Eagle especially because I'm a keyboard guy, so keyboard shortcuts speed up my work.
As an exercise I've drawn symbols and footprints for SK-207 (5870S, ZM1332 and lots more), that uses uncommon spacing and for IV-6, which is circular: not an easy task for a beginner. I also found out that KiCad 4.0.5 imports Eagle libraries natively, which is good, but I prefer to draw my symbols. I have backed up those libraries on GitHub, but still need some polishing before sharing (they're already visible anyway https://github.com/jh1995/KiCad-libs). I am half-way wiring six sockets for ZM1020/B5092 to go with your (Ian's) generic nixie clock PCB, but I might spend my efforts on doing a few tube PCBs in KiCad. It's curious how I can find PCBs that match my tubes but not the number of them: 4 vs 6, 6 vs 4, so I've got to make my own. Paolo On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Ian Sparkes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paolo, > > just a word of encouragement from someone else who was where you are right > now. KiCAD takes a bit of getting used to, but it is definitely worth > sticking with. Make sure you are running a new build (the last stable one > is three years old). Once you are in to it, you won't want to go back. The > "push and shove" routing is really nice. > > > > > > On Tuesday, 3 January 2017 18:52:03 UTC+1, Paolo Cravero wrote: >> >> Hello Hatse, >> have you found some interesting footprint for KiCad? >> >> It turns out that yesterday I installed KiCad and gave it a try. Board >> size limit of free Eagle was my main reason to try the switch over: given >> that I've not spent more than 10 hours on Eagle I have not wasted too much >> (sleep) time. Following KiCad tutorial on Hack a Day I've just drawn three >> Nixie symbols (0-9, 0-9 and decimal point, 0-9 and two decimal points) and >> a schematic diagram with 6 digits. I really love KiCad keyboard shortcuts. >> >> Next is to draw footprints for the tubes I own: ZM1000, 5870S/ZM1332, >> B5092 and VFDs IV-3, IV-6, IV-22. >> >> I will share the resulting library and keep people posted here. >> >> Paolo >> >> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Hatse Flats <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Paolo, >>> >>> Indeed, "Dieter's" database showed me that the SK-116 socket should >>> work: http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/data/zm1130.htm >>> >>> ...now trying to find the footprint file. Keep you posted. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/neonixie-l/c07a96ae-091a-42ad-a8c4-ce7b6d9951ed%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c07a96ae-091a-42ad-a8c4-ce7b6d9951ed%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- GQRP #12058 + http://www.paolocravero.tk + I QRP #476 FT-817 External -:-Knob-:-Display-:-Keypad-:- at http://bit.ly/luE4pv FT-8x7 -:- CAT-to-Bluetooth dongle -:- status at http://bit.ly/VtE3c4 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CABj2VabyB2F6HxujqVJPD-094beLHQDgBAGkV4WKUhZ%2BDT2sEg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
