[kicad-users] New to Kicad: trying to create schematic which includes TL084ACN Op Amp
I'm new to Kicad and made an attempt to create a schematic which included a TL084ACN Op Amp. Unfortunately, the downloaded libraries did not include the op-amp and I had difficulties with adding/creating the component. Any advice would be appreciated. Are there any tutorials covering the creation of or modification of a component in the libraries? Thanks. Frank P.
Re: [kicad-users] New to Kicad: trying to create schematic which includes TL084ACN Op Amp
IMHO the best place to look is in the documentation that is supplied with kicad (which on Windows at least is accessible from the kicad Help menus, and so I assume it works similarly on Linux). Don't forget that components such as op-amps tend to have a common pin-outs, so you can pick another device from the library that has the same pin-out and then just edit the part number in the schematic. When you find you have to create your own library parts (and you will), make sure you save them in your own library files, not the supplied ones, or your self-created parts will get terminated the next time you upgrade kicad. Regards, Robert. On 28/06/2010 04:37, Frank P wrote: I'm new to Kicad and made an attempt to create a schematic which included a TL084ACN Op Amp. Unfortunately, the downloaded libraries did not include the op-amp and I had difficulties with adding/creating the component. Any advice would be appreciated. Are there any tutorials covering the creation of or modification of a component in the libraries? Thanks. Frank P. Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2966 - Release Date: 06/27/10 07:35:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2966 - Release Date: 06/27/10 07:35:00
Re: [kicad-users] New to Kicad: trying to create schematic which includes TL084ACN Op Amp
Hello Frank. Any advice would be appreciated. Are there any tutorials covering the creation of or modification of a component in the libraries? May I offer you this? Look: http://www.darc.de/distrikte/l/02/dateien/dl1eic/SymboleFuerKiCad318082009-RevC-EN.pdf I think, you also will find it at the file repository of this user group. But tis tutorial is only an enhancement for the original tutorial. You usually find it at kicad, if you look at the Menue bar for Help. It is also a PDF-File. If this place is empty, Look out for the missing documentation files at http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/ With best regards: Bernd wiebus alias dl1eic -- GMX DSL: Internet-, Telefon- und Handy-Flat ab 19,99 EUR/mtl. Bis zu 150 EUR Startguthaben inklusive! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl
Re: [kicad-users] New to Kicad: trying to create schematic which includes TL084ACN Op Amp
There are a couple... The main help files are a good place to start, but be aware that the help files are separate for eeschema and pcbnew, eeschema will cover the creation of the schematic parts and pcbnew the creation of modules. There is also a tutorial, it is rather old and out of date, but it will give you the general idea. Work through the tutorial two or three times. It's not hard but like most programs it takes a little getting used to. When creating parts and modules, or modifying existing parts and modules remember to ensure that the pin numbers/names are the same. pin 1,2,3 on a transistor part, and e,b,c on a module is a fairly common error, and it means that the connections will not work. As you are new to this, do follow others advice regarding saving your parts and modules in your own library system. Module management suggestions are given in the pcbnew docs, chapter 11 in my version. It talks about creating a dummy board and using that to hold your modules. The actual mod files can then be created by using the archive footprint functions. It works quite well. The docs are in /usr/local/kicad/doc with directories for the help files and the tutorial. The only thing that you will run into, is that you have to add your libs to each new project in order for them to be found. If this gets to be a pain, you can modify the default template to include your libs, then they will be added to each new project. Andy On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:37:24 - Frank P qz9...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm new to Kicad and made an attempt to create a schematic which included a TL084ACN Op Amp. Unfortunately, the downloaded libraries did not include the op-amp and I had difficulties with adding/creating the component. Any advice would be appreciated. Are there any tutorials covering the creation of or modification of a component in the libraries? Thanks. Frank P. Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links
[kicad-users] new user, new question! :)
Hello to everybody, i'm Virginio from Italy, and i'm new user of Kicad, i have a simple question. How can i see big icons on kicad? In my lcd screen (22inch 1920 x 1080 pixel), icons appear so tiny.. Tks Virginio
