metric (remind me to once again curse the creeps that stopped
metrication back in the '60s).
Can I join you?
The current lib lists these as SM0603 in imperial.. I'm thinking of
creating a metric named lib with 0603M?
Curiously I was thinking about this the other day, and came to the
Module management is fairly easy, but it does not seem to be very well
used.
This is probably due to the way that the modules are installed, where
everything is pretty much set up ready to go.
If you have a hunt around in kicad/share/modules you will find some .brd
files. these are the
With the imperial / metric versions. the only thing I can think of is that
it may be that because kicad (at least the 2009 versions) use imperial as
it's base measurement system that someone created the imperial versions to
avoid grid mismatches.
That's not the reason, with its 1/10mil
Is there any way to force KiCAD to make a PCB of a single schematic sheet,
even when buried within a larger hierarchical design?
I had a similar issue with a sandwitch-board (i.e. two pcb mounted with risers).
The trick is to use a single pcb file with all your boards drawn into it and
In pcbnew, you can edit a line segment (for example, part of the board
outline) and type in or change the endpoints. Is there any way to do this in
the module editor? That would make it easier to draw silkscreen outlines or
keepout areas.
Sorry, IIRC this isn't possible ATM. You should
I'm editing a module and I want to change the space between each pin
automatically.
How is it done?
There is no way to do that... Many people use scripts to generate automatically
.emp files with the desired pitch and size, but manually you have to move them
one at a time (a custom grid
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, andy_7945 hvbry...@... wrote:
This is all okay, as I can use a revised approach by creating the library
first, then inserting each module into the auxiliary board one by one after
the fact. But this is not how the documentation says to do it. This
I'm having trouble converting the gerber code ( copper and component layers )
where the gcam software just dies in the KiCad code. Similar sized card with
Eagle goes ok but there is a difference with the gerber code from KiCad.
I suppose you're doing milling isolation and not photo
Lorenzo wrote:
The IPC standard naming is IMHO unwieldy, too complex to use in the usual
cases! (and, anyway,
remember that there are around a dozen or so of SOT-23 variants, too!)
You can tell IPC standards was written by engineers that haven't done real life
design work -- some
of the
Lorenzo wrote:
You can tell IPC standards was written by engineers that haven't done real
life design work --
some of the text sounds like it was written by lawyers yuck.
You actually have found the specs or have you paid for them? I'd love to see
the rationale for
some of their formulas
pcb-fpw is open source, so it would be possible to modify add it to the kicad
suite .. seems to be
written in java-bloat..
No, it's buggy plain C with GTK :P
It actually contains a lot of hardwired size, too:P
The separate names for a cap and resistor 0805 package is silly
Actually it
For Cases, pads, etc., you can also refere to:
New Surface Mount Design and Land Pattern Standard
The official text for device farms.
ciao
Carlo, I2GOQ
--- Mer 12/5/10, Lorenzo
Lorenzo wrote:
The separate names for a cap and resistor 0805 package is silly
Actually it isn't... a ceramic cap has round plating, a chip resistor is an
attached foil... I
presume the mechanical properties are different (indeed the pads are
different, too)
?? not the parts I looked
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