In general I have been enjoying the features that are new in #kicad 8 (not that new now, I know). But some of the small UI changes have reaaaally thrown me off. For example, in the new BOM dialog, it took me a very long time to find the "Group Symbols" checkbox in the upper right corner. Like way too long.
When does draw a rectangle not draw a rectangle, but select items? When you're using #KiCad of course.
(I'm likely using it wrong, and will be looking up at the docs, but I kinda expect that when I click on an icon which tool tip says draw rectangle, I expect it to draw, not select).
So, I get that #KiCad can't have symbols and footprints for every component ever in their default library, but some of the things they've chosen to include can be a little confusing when compared against what they haven't chosen to include. Here's an example:
There are symbols for the TC74HC00 (quad NAND gate) and TC74HC08 (six channel inverter) series of chips, but none for the TC74HC04 (quad AND gate). Sure, the 74HC00 symbol can fairly trivially be edited into a 74HC04, but still... Am I missing something here?
Fortunately, for this particular board I was able to do some boolean magic with a single 74HC00, so it's a moot point.
Are there any good tutorials out there for #kicad? I am quite familiar with schematics, just need to wrap my head around how to draw them a bit better using #kicad, and learn the various features of #kicad
Expecting some circuit boards today maybe. Exciting - my first use of #KiCad right through to actually producing PCBs, though I've worked up a few schematics in the past, and one other PCB layout.
Haven't bought any new boards for a project in a couple of years either, so it's nice for that reason too.
Dear @kicad: I'm pretty sure I'm ignorant to why some decisions were made regarding the start screen, yet it makes no sense to me. Is there any explanation why things are not how I put in the attached image? Thanks! Regardless, still a wonderful tool (that I absolutely love). Cheers! #kicad#ux Edit: I mixed "screen state" with "screen space" in the image. 👅
Anyone have an open-source #KiCad PCB design that 3D renders with components and looks at least moderately interesting? Doesn't need to be anything specific. I just need a 3D model of a PCB for a demo of a simple program.
I've tried using some projects linked from the KiCad web site, but even for the ones where a rendering is shown on the web site, the only renderings I can get have no components, just the bare PCB. I must not have the necessary libraries.
Thanks!!!
It's been a couple of years since I last used #KiCad. I had just finally given up on #EagleCAD in spite of my large library personal parts, but it was time.
A bit of a learning curve, but I got there, and was happy with KiCad's capabilities. Now I guess I'll ramp up from scratch again. Ugh. Hope it comes back quickly.
Checking versions, I have 5.1.12 and see the latest is… gulp 8.0.2. Well, I'm ramping up from dim recollections anyway, so it shouldn't add much extra effort.
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It seems to have happened without much fanfare, but about a month ago @purism has released the Librem 5 hardware layouts under GPLv3 (as original PADS and converted KiCad projects), joining the schematics that were already available from the start.
I'm designing some MIDI controller with magnetic hall effect sensors and #gateron KS-20 series switches, in the style of those Jankó keyboards. I'm not only getting around PCBWay's prices, but also creating a very nicely scalable system. I would need some extra info on how I should place the sensors (Gateron's material shows it on the bottom, which will make my life harder).
So after spending over a week fighting #nixOS to let me package the printer's drivers and giving up and using a docker print server, now #kicad doesn't want to print on the actual page.....
all the lines in this picture are straight. But, presumably because of the hashed keep-out zone, the outline of the ESP32 looks tilted. Is there a name for this?
Just like me, my first-rev PC-6001 RAM/ROM expander cartridge looks good but doesn't work. I think I've missed shorting the MSW1/MSW2 jumper that keeps the computer from working if it's open and the cartridge is detected. Hopefully an easy bodge and then I can enjoy Extended BASIC. #retrocomputing#pc6001#kicad
The aim of this project is to prove the schematics are correct before I turn them into a PCB. The simulator is importing netlist files exported from #Kicad and joining multiple boards via there onboard connectors.