[kicad-users] Heterogenous multi-part components
Is it possible to create heterogenous schematic components (ie 3 logic + 1 logic with power pins) ?
[kicad-users] Woring change in EESchema
Hello, Just an information concerning a behaviour change in EESchema 20100406: Now, in the print menu, if the Print reference and title block case is checked, the entire schematic is selected, including the components outside the schematic border (cartridge). I preferred the precedent choice where only the cartridge was printed. In fact, I put usually the not used parts outside the cartridge, and do not like that it where printed. The best would be to have the choice: Cartridge only. Regards, Jean-Paul Jean-Paul Gendner 03.88.27.03.44
Re: [kicad-users] Heterogenous multi-part components
Yes, I regularly do that... Sometimes even a separate unit only for power. It *is* a bit tedious... In the library editor, you have to use the last icon on the top to allow diferent layouts for each unit. Then you have to draw each one. Then you place the pins and (I believe this is a bug) it will keep telling you that a pin at this location, but it is ok. Sometimes you have to change an option in a line or other component to allow it to be different on each unit. Aproximately :) Alain Em 20-04-2010 07:59, ne562 escreveu: Is it possible to create heterogenous schematic components (ie 3 logic + 1 logic with power pins) ?
[kicad-users] Re: Heterogenous multi-part components
I think it is done not very friendly for newbies... requires many extra clicks...
[kicad-users] Re: Heterogenous multi-part components
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, ne562 ne...@... wrote: I think it is done not very friendly for newbies... requires many extra clicks... There's a number of things like this, although in all fairness the vast majority of PCB CAD packages are not friendly to newbies, in fact most are downright horrid from a usability standpoint. You find one that is capable of doing what you want and stick with it, eventually you'll learn workarounds for the quirks. If you want an easy one to learn, I recommend ExpressPCB, it's free and a very easy way to get introduced to the concepts. PCB Wizard is decent as well, but only for through-hole parts and the full version is not free. Once you learn one program, learning others comes much more easily.
Re: [kicad-users] Re: kicad kicad-2010-03-14-svn-R2456-final-UBUNTU_9.10.tgz
Hi, So I had built from sources : no modules/library. Downloaded kicad-2010-04-06-svn-R2508-final-UBUNTU_9.10.tgz Extract. Copy kicad/share/library and kicad/share/modules to /usr/local/share/kicad/ That's now OK ;-) Nicolas On 20/04/2010 17:29, nc_electronico wrote: Hi all, I'm new to this group (and to kicad). I've installed kicad on Ubuntu 9.10 X64, but (as told previously) there are no standard component/module libraries ... Could someone point me to the way to install them (I don't feel courageous enough to re-invent the wheel right now ;) ) ? Thanks in advance for your time and comprehension. Nicolas --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com mailto:kicad-users%40yahoogroups.com, scottyaa2000 scottyafl...@... wrote: Hello Paulo, I have kicad 2010-03-14 running fine (I think) on my Ubuntu 9.10 machine (AMD64 X2), but I built it myself since there wasn't a handy AMD64 package. Looking at the installed library packages on my system, I see that libstdc++.so.6 is not installed, which seems to indicate that it may not be needed by kicad. If you get the source for Ubuntu 9.10 and build it, you may have better luck (I downloaded the source archive at: http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/kicad-sources-2010-03-14-svn-R2456-final.tar.gz http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/kicad-sources-2010-03-14-svn-R2456-final.tar.gz). Following the instructions (http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Build_System http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Build_System) worked fine for me, though it does take a while. If you do this, beware that the source archive file does not contain the standard component/module libraries (see my earlier posts). I hope this helps. Scott
