RE: [kicad-users] Re: Footprint for TI PowerPAD: SMD with holes.

Thanks Christophe, I was wondering if that would work. I did something similar, a big pad 11 that has the hole in the middle and 4 small-overlapping pads 12-15 with the holes in the corners. My worry (if I give them the same number) was... how will I choose between them when I right-click and

[kicad-users] Is it possible to copy a block of layout and have pcbnew change the references automatically in a multi-channel design?

Hi There, I tried to make the subject descriptive, but here it is: If I have a design with 10 identical channels, can I lay one channel out and then copy and paste-it and somehoy get pcbnew to use the references of the next channel? Thanks, Cat

RE: [kicad-users] Is it possible to copy a block of layout and have pcbnew change the references automatically in a multi-channel design?

of layout and have pcbnew change the references automatically in a multi-channel design? Do you want create a panel of pcbs? C.A.P. Em 6/4/2010 16:49, Cat C escreveu: Hi There, I tried to make the subject descriptive, but here it is: If I

RE: [kicad-users] Re: Is it possible to copy a block of layout and have pcbnew change the references automatically in a multi-channel design?

sections with unique ref des numbers BUT you may need to go back to the schematic if the algorithm used to assign successive ref des idents doesn't match the netlist. --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Cat C catalin_c...@... wrote: Hi There, I tried to make the subject

[kicad-users] How to restore/set Net Name to Tracks.

I don't know if I'm the only one, but quite often some tracks will loose their net name so I can't attach them to the desired pad. How can I restore, or set (if there never was) the net of a track, please? Thanks, Cat

RE: [kicad-users] How to restore/set Net Name to Tracks.

18:11, Cat C wrote: I don't know if I'm the only one, but quite often some tracks will loose their net name so I can't attach them to the desired pad. How can I restore, or set (if there never was) the net of a track, please? Thanks,

RE: [kicad-users] PCBnew - Howto connect vias to zone

Hi Mirko, I don't know how (why even) to create a layout without a schematic so my workaround may not work if you do it that way. If you had a schematic, nets would have names and you would connect the zone (in properties) to the GND net (or whatever you called it), same as the pin of the

RE: [kicad-users] Merging outputs for double-sided boards

Just print on 2 separate pages, align them and staple/clip them on one side, then slip your board in. Cat To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com From: susanmac...@optusnet.com.au Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 05:40:54 + Subject: [kicad-users] Merging outputs for double-sided boards I have

RE: [kicad-users] Re: Gerber files

What kind of errors, if a PCB house can make the PCBs? Cat To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com From: d...@andersson.co.uk Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 14:35:21 +0100 Subject: [kicad-users] Re: Gerber files The gerber files from KiCad might contain inconsistencies or gerber errors so do

RE: [kicad-users] 3 PCBs, 1 design

You might want to have connectors for wires/cables between those boards. So if the schematics show connectors instead of connections you might get what you want. Even if you won't populate connectors, you can still put some headers where you'll solder the wires. Cat To:

RE: [kicad-users] Preventing thermals on special pads of SM packages

Shouldn't there be more vias to take the heat to the bottom? T To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com From: birmingham_spi...@gmx.net Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 09:57:50 +0100 Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Preventing thermals on special pads of SM packages I often have to work with MLF/QFN

RE: [kicad-users] DIY Solder mask?

There's a guy in Montreal that can cut the soldermask for you out of mylar at a very reasonable cost. It will take me a while to find his details so I'll only do it if there's interest. Cat To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com From: anders.gustafs...@pedago.fi Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010

RE: Sv: RE: [kicad-users] DIY Solder mask?

use to stop solder from going where it should not. - Anders Gustafsson Engineer, CNE6, ASE Pedago, The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) www.pedago.fi phone +358 18 12060 mobile +358 40506 7099 fax +358 18 14060 Cat C catalin_c...@hotmail.com 2010-06-15 20:30 There's a guy in Montreal

RE: [kicad-users] Recommended Zone Parameters

Nothing is perfect! Only Nadia was in Montreal! :-D ground plane parameters for a recent, perfect board of mine. I hope ...

[kicad-users] Printing from eeSchema freezes it.

Hi, Using build 20100314 SVN-R2460 on XP, when I try to print (either from menu or button) it just freezes, like a print dialog would get all input but there is no print dialog. I use 2 monitors and multimon if it makes any difference. Help? Thanks, Cat

RE: [kicad-users] Type Err(4) trace near pad issue in Kicad

I think you need to turn DRC (Design Rules Checking) off, but I'm a beginner too, so I'm not sure. Good luck, Cat To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com From: mad...@free.fr ... I create a new project, open PCB new, place say a DIP-8_300 component, click on 'add traces and vias', start

RE: [kicad-users] Re: Type Err(4) trace near pad issue in Kicad

Did you turn DRC off? That's the purpose of DRC, to NOT LET YOU do things that are not in the netlist (among other things). If you don't want to make a schematic, make a netlist. Cat To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com From: mad...@free.fr Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:40:39 + Subject: