--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, acidb...@... sunblast...@... wrote:
Hi there !
I'm trying to do a board for the Atari Punk Synth.
Im doing the schemtaic but ive' run into a snag of sorts.
I need to use a LM556 chip, dual timer, but i can't find it in the
libs.
Im running Unbuntu 9.04, using 0.0.20080825c-1 version.
I know you can add more components to the libs but i can't seem to
find one for the LM556, I guess it's called the LM556CN now,according
to Mouser.
I've search thru the entire Lib pretty much and i just can't find.
So I'm kinda stuck ATM.
Any help would be great,I'll even throw in a twinkie ! to the person
that points me in the right direction.
It's easy, easy, easy to make a schematic symbol. Open the library editor from
the schematic screen (it's on the top button bar), add the pins with names and
numbers, draw a rectangle for the shape and you're (mostly) done. There are a
few details regarding things like power pins but the help files cover this very
well.
Save your personal symbols in your own library so that future updates to the
base libraries don't overwrite yours.
One possible gotcha is that you'll need to remember to add your library to new
projects and save the project options. It's just a couple of clicks but if you
forget to do that, you'll wonder where your new parts went to.
