This group is for users of Kicad, the amazing integrated EDA program. Not only does it capture schematics and layout PCBs, it is open source, free and runs on a range of platforms. This group concentrates on actually using Kicad, so post your questions, hints, tips and suggestions for improvements.
Here is one case where I hand-edit the source files and set up a spreadsheet to calculate the exact locations based upon metric calculations. By doing this,
I was searching through connectors on pcbnew for a 0.1 inch veropin. Is there any documentation or tutorials for creating new 3D components in pcbnew ? Thanks
I'm using Kicad 20090216-final on PCLinuxOS 2009. I am trying to import some of the new modules created for pcbnew on the wiki, specifically the one named
... There is also a source version of 2009-02-16 final to try on the wiki: http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page I've been lucky, the Cent0S
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