<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gF34ovLRrgs/WLG0yy-1jqI/AAAAAAAAAD4/TMrXg8I3BjMtHk8RKYXQNDAz2bF1K9wegCLcB/s1600/IMG_20170225_174346.jpg> Dear Paolo and Ian,
I have finished my Nixie clock and added the SK118-A footprint for a ZM1130 Nixie Tube into your library on Github. I hope I did everything alright for providing you the pull request. I hope you like the picture attached. Don't be confused about the color of the tubes, I washed away the red contrast enhancing filter. I hope you're making good progress with your own clock, Regards, Bart On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 12:47:08 PM UTC+1, Paolo Cravero wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/13cbf4ee-5c41-4047-8b82-bec6467c30dc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
