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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => KiCad => Topic started by: debininja on May 30, 2017, 02:38:27 am

Title: Looking for a decent looking optocoupler 3D model. Current one sucks!
Post by: debininja on May 30, 2017, 02:38:27 am
Someone please tell me what is this is supposed to be...
(http://i.imgur.com/ONIaPyL.png)

Not only is the stock 3D optocoupler model garbage, the footprint is messed up!
So, before I go ahead and make my own decent 3D model, is there a 3rd-party made optocoupler model available that looks decent and has the correct footprint?

Here's what I have so far. (I have zero 3D modeling experience. I made this bit, supposed to be the optocoupler legs, in 30 minutes):
(http://i.imgur.com/3pUfLv1.png)
Title: Re: Looking for a decent looking optocoupler 3D model. Current one sucks!
Post by: james_s on May 30, 2017, 05:18:24 am
That's an analog optocoupler, they're common in pro audio gear. For a more conventional optocoupler use a DIP package.

https://www.banzaimusic.com/Macron-MI1210CLE-R.html (https://www.banzaimusic.com/Macron-MI1210CLE-R.html)
Title: Re: Looking for a decent looking optocoupler 3D model. Current one sucks!
Post by: ElektroQuark on May 30, 2017, 07:11:17 am
What optocoupler will you use? Link to a datasheet, please.
Title: Re: Looking for a decent looking optocoupler 3D model. Current one sucks!
Post by: tszaboo on May 30, 2017, 10:38:32 am
http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/ (http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/)
Title: Re: Looking for a decent looking optocoupler 3D model. Current one sucks!
Post by: debininja on May 30, 2017, 11:07:23 pm
Quote from: james_s on May 30, 2017, 05:18:24 am
That's an analog optocoupler, they're common in pro audio gear. For a more conventional optocoupler use a DIP package.

https://www.banzaimusic.com/Macron-MI1210CLE-R.html (https://www.banzaimusic.com/Macron-MI1210CLE-R.html)

Now I feel like an idiot  :palm:

Quote from: EdoNork on May 30, 2017, 07:11:17 am
What optocoupler will you use? Link to a datasheet, please.
http://www.vishay.com/docs/83433/sfh615a.pdf (http://www.vishay.com/docs/83433/sfh615a.pdf)
(http://i.imgur.com/3o98MMg.png)
Run of the mill optocouplers you find in SMPS. KiCAD does not have a model for this kind of opto.
Or, I haven't been able to find one, and in that case, I will have to create my own 3D model. But I'm kind of lazy, so I'd prefer using a pre-made one someone else might have made.

Edit: I can settle for a DIP4 package in the meantime. It doesn't look like an optocoupler, but at least the pinouts are correct.
Title: Re: Looking for a decent looking optocoupler 3D model. Current one sucks!
Post by: CM800 on June 07, 2017, 08:55:49 am
[quote author=debininja link=topic=89199.msg1221543#msg1221543 date=1496185643
Edit: I can settle for a DIP4 package in the meantime. It doesn't look like an optocoupler, but at least the pinouts are correct.
[/quote]

Huh? yes it does.