Sorry to grave-digg this out, but I'm switching to KiCad and wanted to know, if there are RECENT libararies out there.
I'm surprised, that even the libraries that come with KiCad frequently have this problem:
Switching to kicad ? good luck. I gave up when it because clear that the only users who will ever be able to use it are the developers as they change stuff
and offer no documentation
and they develop so slow;y that project will soon be going backwards.
Eagle isn't dying, the latest release 7.3 wasn't that long agoBut they didn't add any significant features, they've been lacking. It's bascially the same program it was in 2009. Also they should offer an unlimited free version comparable to CircuitMaker.
But they didn't add any significant features, they've been lacking.
Switching to kicad ? good luck. I gave up when it because clear that the only users who will ever be able to use it are the developers as they change stuff
Using a devel build are we?Quoteand offer no documentation
I'm not entirely sure what you call the "documentation" link here, from the home page, then:
(http://misc.c4757p.com/doc.png)Quoteand they develop so slow;y that project will soon be going backwards.
Tell that to the hard-working pair from CERN who have developed a whole new routing engine way faster than I ever could...
(Though I'll have to concede that before they came along, development was very slow. We're picking up the pace now! :box:)
The autoplacer apparently was not put there to be used, just to make it look pretty.
The last time I used the autorouter it ignored existing traces and crashed new ones into them, the thing was a joke.
I have no intention of telling my employer one day that all the work I have done is brocken because some freeware software went by the by.
If you don't like it because you're biased against FOSS, just come out and say that.
Well I'm downloading it and lets see what it has to offer now. The last time i tried to use it the library management had been changed and complicated to such an extend it was unusable.
A bunch of very nice libraries together with 3d models are here: http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm (http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm)
git clone git://smisioto.eu/kicad_libs.gitNow, is there an easier way to download all the libraries from http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm (http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm) than clicking them all?
curl 'http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm' | grep 'href.*/library/' | sed 's%.*"\(.*\)".*%http://smisioto.no-ip.org\1%' | xargs -n 1 curl -O
for i in *.zip; do unzip -o $i; done
I overlooked the sentence about git:Code: [Select]git clone git://smisioto.eu/kicad_libs.git
Code: [Select]curl 'http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm' | grep 'href.*/library/' | sed 's%.*"\(.*\)".*%http://smisioto.no-ip.org\1%' | xargs -n 1 curl -O
for i in *.zip; do unzip -o $i; done
I just keep getting "unable to connect" when trying to connect to the GIT server. Resolves to 5.135.150.178, anyone else getting this error?Worked fine for me yesterday on three different computers. The website also gives a subversion repository, but I guess you don't need it anymore.
A bunch of very nice libraries together with 3d models are here: http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm (http://smisioto.no-ip.org/elettronica/kicad/kicad-en.htm)
+1 for those. Much better than the kicad project's libraries.
git clone git://smisioto.eu/kicad_libs.git
Compressed? Are you sure? Can you attach or link one so we can see it? I'm not sure what you mean.www.kicadlib.org/modules/YT_Potentiometres.mod.zip (http://www.kicadlib.org/modules/YT_Potentiometres.mod.zip)
Well, it's in a ZIP file, you can just open that with anything that supports ZIP. Windows and OS X will handle that natively and any Linux distro worth anything will too.The .mod and .mdc file does not show up when I try to import it through the library. This is the method I used: https://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialAddingLibraries (https://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialAddingLibraries)
Or do you mean the actual .mod file inside? That file is fine, there's nothing wrong with it at all.
Well, it's in a ZIP file, you can just open that with anything that supports ZIP. Windows and OS X will handle that natively and any Linux distro worth anything will too.The .mod and .mdc file does not show up when I try to import it through the library. This is the method I used: https://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialAddingLibraries (https://code.google.com/p/opendous/wiki/KiCADTutorialAddingLibraries)
Or do you mean the actual .mod file inside? That file is fine, there's nothing wrong with it at all.
It only allows for .lib files, not .something... (7zip shows the .mod as being 97% compressed, hence me trying to open it to get the .lib out of it)
I'm probably not seeing something obvious - BTW, this is using V4.0.0 if that's any help.
smisioto has a lot of nice footprints and models, but I'm not a huge fan of putting silkscreen on pads and a lot of those footprints do this. Easily cleaned up, but still... why do it in the first place? The 0805 resistor footprint for instance has silkscreen lines across boths pads! :o Am I missing something?!
I did download all of these libraries and footprints July last year ('15), I didn't bother with the 3D models as I only use 3D to look at the bare board.
If it would help I can upload them as a single ZIP to a file sharing site for people to download?
Or, if you PM me your private email I can send the zip file direct to your email (2.7MB)
I have them uploaded to Mega, mainly so I could download them on other machines without having to run my script, so if you want the Mega link just shout!
Ok, i'll PM you the link as I don't know what the rules are (and i'm too lazy to look them up) regarding posting file sharing links.
I think someone created a library manager for KiCad, can't recall though.
I tend to copy everything into a projects' library, I have a "master" library of proven footprints, including KiCad's own, I don't put anything in there until i've tested it and tried it in the real world.
KiCad will create a cache of the components used in the project.
That's the way I do it anyways!
Component Library Editor Usability Improvements ## {#v5_lib_editor_usability}
Goal:
Make editing schematic symbol libraries easier to manage.
Task: - Determine usability improvements in the library editor for components with multiple units and/or alternate graphical representations. - Replace current library/symbols selection process with new hybrid tree search widget in new window pain for selection libraries and symbols. Provide drag and drop symbol copy/move between libraries. - Allow editing of symbol libraries not defined in footprint library table(s) using the file/path dialog to open a library.