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AndyE
Greg Dyess wrote:
I am very greatful for KiCAD and the hard work everyone has put into
producing it and then giving it away for free. Having worked on large
systems that have evolved over time, I have the utmost empathy and
respect for those that maintain it as well. Thank you all
OK, this has to be in a FAQ or documentation somewhere and I must have missed
it. Does anyone know how to import IBS and/or BSDL files? I have parts with
documentation/model in those formats and no way to directly import them into
KICAD.
A pointer to the entry in the FAQ and/or
OK, I am confused a little. I understand your point that the VSS layer is not
in the routing pair and perhaps that is the real problem. It would be nice
if the autorouter understood connecting to underlying zones. I will try
autorouting and tell it the layer pair is my component layer and
to not understand anyways.
Thanks for everyone's help.
Greg
From: Dick H. d...@softplc.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:25:28 AM
Subject: [kicad-users] Re: PLEASE helpAnyone out there???
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Greg
I had somethign very similar to that happen on an IC I created. What I finally
had to do was to hand-edit the text file to remove the duplicated parts. After
that, I could edit the part to complete the fine touches.
On a side note, are these formats documented anywhere? I figured out enough
I did just that. I even opened up the board's .brd file and checked all of the
numbers in there to make sure. Any other suggestions as to where to look?
From: Dick H. d...@softplc.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:39:48 PM
, 2009 5:04:55 PM
Subject: [kicad-users] Re: PLEASE helpAnyone out there???
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@... wrote:
I did just that. I even opened up the board's .brd file and checked all of
the numbers in there to make sure. Any other suggestions as to where
@yahoogroups.com, Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@... wrote:
A, now I see what you mean. I will double-check this as I know we had to
go back and touch up some of the board edges after the entire board was
drawn. This will probably require hand-editing of the .brd file.
Greg,
If this does not lead
My initial guesses would be:
1. You used a local label instead of a global label or net name.
2. Somehow numbers were not the last characters in the individual nets or the
bus was not the prefix of the net names.
3. Buses in KiCAD are not like computer busses. Only nets with the same prefix
@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-us...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Greg Dyess
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:23 AM
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Bad Bus Label error message when making netlist
My initial guesses would be:
1. You used a local label instead of a global label
Been there, done that myselftoo many times.
Glad I could help someone for once!
Greg
From: Bob Shaffer bob.shaf...@micromod.comTo: kicad-users@yahoogroups.comSent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:41:29 AMSubject: RE: [kicad-users] Bad Bus Label error message when making netlist
Greg,
I found that it just works. It appears to export all the necessary footprints
(including custom ones I developed) so nothing else was required.
I noticed it appears to be single-threaded as only once CPU core of my
quad-core processor was actually being utilized. Are any of the autorouters
Step 1: Print out the PDF file that has all of the footprints placed on one
board with the name beside it.
Step 2: Refer to document printed in step 1 every time.
Step 3: Find part you are looking for on those sheets and there will be the
name in the mod libraries.
I found that PDF file
Remember the huge debacle a few years back when the Mars lander crashed and was
destroyed because one software group used Metric and another software group
used traditional units? The number was passed from one subsystem to another
and, well, uhOOOPS.Hundreds of millions of US were
Did you also save the project? That is where the library lists seem to be
maintained.
From: einazaki668 einazaki...@yahoo.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:39:56 PM
Subject: [kicad-users] My library prefs won't stick
I'm doing
I am seeing this very strange issue when using zones (at least it seems strange
to me).I have a 4-layer board with almost all surface mount. L1 is almost
entirely dedicated as my VDD layer by creating a zone connected to my VDD net
on that layer. L2 is the same thing with my VSS (Ground)
OOOPS, this only partially went out earlier, so please accept my appologies for
the resend. This problem is becoming a major stumbling block and is holding up
a project I need to get moving.
I am seeing this very strange issue when using zones (at least it seems strange
to me).I have a
the need for tracks, the thread started at
[kicad-users] PLEASE helpAnyone out there??? from gregory.dyess on
15 jun 2009
Might be worth a read.
Andy
On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:19:45 -0700 (PDT)
Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com wrote:
OOOPS, this only partially went out earlier, so please
and DRC
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 9:01 AM
2009/8/11 Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com:
Yeah, that was my posting a month or so back. I tried (or thought I tried)
everything that was suggested, but nothing has worked.
I have not tried hand-routing all
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From: Brian Sidebotham brian.sidebot...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Strange problem with Zones and DRC
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 9:01 AM
2009/8/11 Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com:
Yeah, that was my posting a month or so back. I
OK, I think I am a leading candidate for the Head Up Butt award.
I downloaded the latest couple of Linux snapshots, extracted the executables
and overwrote the ones I was using. Now nothing will run at all! The listing
said they were Linux executables, but some of the instructions kept
I had no luck with the Linux executables so I tried on my Windows machine. The
problem with the DRC checks on the zones was not fixed in the latest version
(r1914). I did manage to get everything explicitly connected my placing traces
in the middle of the zones as was suggested. Perhaps when
-users] Strange problem with Zones and DRC
Did you remember to do the chmod on /usr/local/kicad/bin
It's detailed about line 37 in the install txt (2009-02-16-final here)
Andy
On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:37:46 -0700 (PDT)
Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com wrote:
OK, I think I am a leading
-users] Strange problem with Zones and DRC
2009/8/12 Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com:
I had no luck with the Linux executables so I tried on my Windows machine.
The problem with the DRC checks on the zones was not fixed in the latest
version (r1914). I did manage to get everything explicitly
As I've been told, the general consensus is that you should not use the
built-in autorouter. I too have just done my first board (4 layers, 8x11),
with a lot of help and hand-holding from the wonderful contributors to this
list. I basicaly had to just hand-route the entire board. It wasn't
Under Preferences - Options... Wires-Bus orient you can select Horiz/Vert vs
Any. It would be nice if there were the in between option of 0, 45, 90
degrees, but that I don't see anywhere.
Greg
From: Chris fj1...@gmail.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Just a thought here, as I am far from an expert in such areas. Could the
high-current sections be physically separated into a completely different PCB
and enclosure and then opto-isolated from the more sensitive electronics? I
don't recall if the original posting said that the motors were
It's called DRAG in KiCAD.
Just select and right click on the component and select drag. It does a move
of the component with all nets, but doesn't keep orthogonality. It just
relocats the end og the segment attached to the component. It can sometimes
take a lot of time to fix up the
OK, this may at first sound a little strange. I need to change the net
associated with a trace after the trace is drawn.
Why would I need to do this you ask? Good question there from the back row.
If a trace is created but not connected to anything initially, it can never be
connected to
-enabling DRC to check. I think the
tracks will be assigned to the correcponding nets.
Regards
Juan.
--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Changing trace's net
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday
There are a number of open-source public-domain XML parsing libraries that are
cross platform. I am most familiar with Xerxes. ACE may even have some XML
capabilities in addition to its wonderful networking, multithreading and job
pooling. Wow, a multithreaded router perhaps?
Greg
:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/170148/microsoft_word_lawsuit_xml_explained.html
Terms: Microsoft, XML, Lawsuit
--- On Mon, 9/14/09, Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Re: Kicad library project
To: kicad-users
Usually I just append the voltage to the end of the name:
VSS33 for 3.3 V, VSS18 for 1.8V, VCC5 for 5 volt, GNDA for Analog ground, etc.
Just make sure your power pins are labelled as such, this mechanism works very
well.
Greg
From: Bernd Wiebus
Attach a Power Pin to the ground and it will solve the problem.
From: josh_eeg josh...@gmail.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:17:55 AM
Subject: [kicad-users] A rule check issue that is confusing me. I have GND
comming
I would start by annotating the schematic before running the ERC. That should
clear up the Item not annotated error.
Greg
From: Chris fj1...@gmail.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 9:44:20 PM
Subject: [kicad-users] ERC
Use the drag command instead of the move command. Even with that, the
traces will be distorted to keep their connection to the object and their other
end.
Greg
From: aero386 aero...@yahoo.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
That's all well and good...if the circuit is simple enough to accomodate such a
manual process.
When, like in my latest design, I had one component (microcontroller) with 100
pins, an Ethernet PHY chip with 64 pins and 4 ASICs with 44 pins each. That
was only the 6 core components. There
All file formats are fully documented in the C:\Program
Files\KiCad\doc\help\file_formats directory on Windows or the equivalent
directory on Linux.
Greg
From: NeonJohn j...@neon-john.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 11:43:30
There is an option to archive a project. I think it is under the File
menu. You can then take that archive file to another computer and restore it
there. I don't recall the exact sequences, but it's fairly obvious once you
realize the command is archive.
Greg
Does ANYTHING actually run right on Vista? I would try Windows 7 or Linux
(Ubuntu is my favorite) before spending time on Windows ME (if there is even a
version for that).
I run KiCad on XP, Windows 7 and Ubuntu, all with great success. Now one day
when I figure out all of the dependencies I
To get around the lack of an undo, I always make checkpoints by saving the
board just before I am abuot to do something major (read that as: stupid). If
I mess up, I just close without saving and reopen the latest checkpoint. It
takes some discipline, but works better than any undo.
Greg
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@... wrote:
Don't forget PC-104 and PC-104+ used heavily in embedded applications.
Greg
From: juliorz juli...@...
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, February 2, 2010 3:04:05 PM
I too learned that lesson. Fortunately, it was not as far into the design as
you were. From then on, I hand-verified almost all of the modules from the
libraries before I used them. I would then only use my own libraries with the
verified components. When I ran across a foottprint I did not
OK, I think your rant against Windows is just a little over the top and adds
nothing constructive to the conversation. Some people don't have the choice to
run whatever they want and that must be recognized. KiCAD supports Windows and
if there is a major performance issue, it should be looked
Ooops, that should have read I have NO performance complaints on Windows 7 on
my laptop.
Since we're on the topic of running SVN builds of KiCAD, I have always wanted
to build KiCAD from the sources just to satisfy my own curiosity as well as try
hacking some things just for fun. I've tried a
: kajdas kaj...@cox.net
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Greg Dyess gregory.dy...@yahoo.com
Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 6:19:12 PM
Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Re: pcbnew is amazing slow under windows 7
Having said that, I run KiCad on a machine (quad core, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM)
that dual-boots
I want to say a great big THANK YOU to everyone who has volunteered their time
and talents contributing to the KiCAD user community. Too often I tend to
focus on the rough edges and not enough time being thankful for the silk engine
inside. Now if I could only figure out how to get my build
Did you create zones on both layers?
From: bill_s_hung bill_s_h...@yahoo.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, March 30, 2010 4:32:00 PM
Subject: [kicad-users] zone fill
Is it possible to fill zones in both component and solder side? I have tried,
Thanks for the link to that site! I will definitely have to remember that one.
I have (lightly) used KiCAD for almost a year now. I have only have one board
designed with it (a bit more advanced than a typical first project) and I love
it. After getting accustomed to how KiCAD thinks about
Planes are the thing I struggled with when starting to use KiCAD It simply
doesn't have the concept of a plane What it does is create zones which are
connected to a net. It may seem subtle, but it will bite you hard if you just
expect it to understand everything on this layer is a plane,
and create a
filled zone that covers the entire layer that I've designated Vcc. That
connects the vias to the plane. Correct?
John
Greg Dyess wrote:
Planes are the thing I struggled with when starting to use KiCAD
It simply doesn't have the concept of a plane What it does is
create zones which
That would explain why no updates were coming down on SVN for a while. What's
the link to the new site for kiCad sources?
Thanks,
Greg
From: jean-pierre.char...@gipsa-lab.inpg.fr
jean-pierre.char...@gipsa-lab.inpg.fr
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent:
While doing layout work, I have 2 monitors of 28 each that are 1920 x 1280. I
just use the zoon feature to make the area as large as I want. Having the 2nd
monitor is very nice for having up the schematic, cmponent documentation,
catalogs, stock component lists, etc. If you do a lot of this
Usually that is a convention used to indicate a low true signal name. Logic
low level = true (or asserted) and logic high = false (or deasserted).
Greg
From: Karl Schmidt k...@xtronics.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 2:05:11 PM
...@xtronics.com
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, June 30, 2010 1:00:12 PM
Subject: Re: [kicad-users] Net names starting with slash?
Greg Dyess wrote:
Usually that is a convention used to indicate a low true signal name.
Logic low level = true (or asserted) and logic high = false
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