I have several module footprints that I have either created from scratch or modified an existing module. I gave them names and did a save to a new library. I...
I thought I'd also try asking here besides on the Freerouting.net forum. Their forum doesn't appear to be too active. Is there a way to pause the Freerouting...
New to KiCAD. Familiar with PADS, and Expedition PCB. Like the concept of KiCAD over other proprietary CAD packages - Eagle, DesignSpark, etc. I'm trying to...
Hi all, I'm an old ham, but relatively new to PCB design! I'm struggling with the schematic for a SDR receiver, and I found some difficulties with the power...
Hi I have been using Kicad for a while now, but one thing that keeps bugging me is that when I do a 'save current sheet as' it saves ththe schematic ok but it...
I've got my schematic drawn and checked. I've worked through the tutorial and it says to run CvPCB and associate the listed footprints with the components in...
Feature Request: There are two things I would like the Gerber viewer to be able to do, and one issue I had loading a drill file. 1. Change and save the default...
Hello, Is it possible to swap layers of a PCB; for example, I have my power layer on layer #3, I want to put it on layer #5. The PCB is already routed and all...
Hello. I've made first project in KiCad and I am waiting for PCBs. Meanwhile I have several questions. They are related to things that I could not figure out....
Can I open the Module Editor without starting PCBnew ? I like to edit/create some new modules before I complete CvPcb and before I start PCBnew. I have several...
I drew up a circuit schematic and was working on it. I closed it and when I reopened it one of the components I had created was missing. I don't know if I...
Hi to all, I'm new to this group, and I like to share a SW useful for those peoples works with electronics and mechanical stuff. I created a plugin for Google...
I'm new to KiCAD can see how to add components that are in libraries to a schematic, but, I'm having trouble creating one that isn't in the supplied libraries....
I've just installed KiCad on my computer (Win XP). When I start the Easchema, I can see the GUI frame with its toolbars and icons but the sheet area is frozen...
Hello everybody, First, thank you for this software which is very useful. Secondly, I think that two 'ou' are wrotten instead of 'or' line 42 and 68 in the...
Hi all, I faced a problem with connecting free pads to a GND plane. In the module editor i cannot assign a net name to the heat sink pad and neither I can...
Hey all, I am about to order my first double sided PCB. a question about the solder mask. What is the normal procedure: should pads normally be on the...
Rasberry Pi bcm2835 cluster pannel made in kicad as a open source kickstarter project? What do you guys think? It has a GPU similar to the first xboxes so I...
The purpose of the "Current search path list" in Eeschema's Preferences>Library dialog doesn't seem to be very well documented. As near as I can tell, the...
I am new to Kicad, so hopefully the following issues are user error. I use a Macbook Pro 17 with Snow Leopard, and Windows XP sp3 running in a VMWare Fusion...
How can I make ERC ignore the no connects on the output pins of my design ? I'm not sure if this is a wise step. But it's kind of confusing to see all of these...
Yesterday I'm visiting doxygen website and found new version which support markdown formatting. This feature will made source documentation more readable by...
So if I select a connected part and drag the connections update as the part is moved. How does one rotate a connected part and have the connections update?...
When I print the pcb (to a pdf) I get small dots often in the center of the components. This is not a problem for 'large' components where the text is large,...
I been learning how to make PCB (kicad rules!) and one of the things that made this expensive was the transfer paper ($14 for 10 sheets). I know that everybody...
Hey there guys! I'm a physics major in college currently taking a physics class in electronics. for our labs we have used breadboards to wire up fairly simple...
