[kicad-users] Newbie to both PCDing and Kicad

2009-04-19 Thread Ted Huntington
Kicad seems like a very good GNU program to use for PCBs. I was using Eagle - but want to use Open Source. I'm using Build SVN-R1715 (20090413). I have a few questions: 1) I cannot get wires to connect to pins in eeschema- all marked unconnected - but appear to be connected at highest

Re: [kicad-users] Newbie to both PCDing and Kicad

2009-04-19 Thread Andy Eskelson
I'm using kicad-2009-02-16-final-CENTOS_4.4.tgz on a SUSE 11.1 system, that works fine. Kicad should be installed under /usr/local/kicad The projects would normally be in a directory under your own user directory.I'm wondering if you have a simple permissions problem by putting your projects

[kicad-users] Annotation issue

2009-04-19 Thread cklckl67
Dear Kicad User, I have a great issue with annotation. I use library : 74xx-eu.lib And in my circuit I use 2 components: 74HC14N 1 component 74HC4052. After schematic annotation I obtain IC1, IC2, and IC3 for 74HC4052 So the issue is when I generate the netlist: IC3 annotation is converted in

[kicad-users] ErrType(16) - Two track ends

2009-04-19 Thread Boris Barbour
Hi, Is it possible to join a track to a net without starting drawing on the net in question? In other words, if I start tracing in the middle of nowhere, the track is assigned to Net:0/noname. It is then impossible to join it to another net with DRC on (I get the ErrType(16) of the subject);

Re: [kicad-users] Newbie to both PCDing and Kicad

2009-04-19 Thread Ted Huntington
Thanks: I solved my library problems, but still can't connect the wires to the devices. Making a big circular junction that covers the wire and pin doesn't make the connection. I made the pins passive and it still is making a warning unconnected pin. Another nice feature to put on the todo