Hi, I am using following latest kicad from link[http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/KiCad-2012-01-19-BZR3256-stable-Win_full_with_components_doc_install.exe]...
Or did I do something wrong? I created a multisheet schematic with a top level sheet and then 5 sheets in parallel below that. I then used the CvPcb button...
I have a need to create a 68 pin LCC module with every pad connected to a plated through hole. Multiple pads will connect together and form 4 different part...
Hi, i am designing a board with kicad and i will be using round corners at my board. I would like to take a try with freerout, however i am having a problem...
I'm routing my first circuit and thought I would use FreeRoute. When I tried to export my design to a DSN file I got the following error: IO_ERROR: Multiple...
Hi All, Just wondering if there is a module or if I could create my own that has a dummy part in it. This would allow me to place a symbol in eeschema that...
Hello KiCad users, You might like to know about a python script I just finished which takes CSV data from one or many files and generates a LIB and DCM file. ...
Hi Has anyone tried the Protel to KiCAD conversion tools recently? How well do they working importing a schematic and/or PCB layout? There is a sourceforge...
Hi, I work in a company that assembles electronics. One requirement we have is that the boards have a CAM-file. This is a file in a format as GenCAD, Fabmaster...
Hi,  I am currently living in taiwan.  I would like to contact designers here for a custom board, or just for general training on Kicad.  Thanks, Ramon ...
Hi, I want to make a pcb with a double aop,so i try to use in the library the linear componant "tl072", in the schématic it's ok, after anotation the...
I have two questions regarding PCBnew. 1) Is there a way to lock the dimensioning tool so it only measures orthogonally i.e. only horizontally or vertically?...
1) When I place modules on a PCB layout, the text shows both the part value (like "1.0K" or "CD4046B" for example) and the reference designator (like "R5" or...
I have just done a 4 layer PCB layout with KiCad and am trying to make the inner plane layers. I click on the Add Filled Zones button on the right tool bar...
I'm getting this error on quite a few modules and am not sure why. One of the modules is just a three pin header. Each pin is 0.1 apart. The holes have a...
Dear All, I just started using KiCad. But there is one annoying feature. After i connect wires to components, if I rotate or move the components, wires break...
Hello all, is there description of modules library file format? I found one for schmatics here http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Kicad/file_formats But for...
Hi. Does anyone know a pcb assembly house with low cost and bga cappability (1mm) in europe? This is of course for few protos and maybe small run later. ...
Hi all I have successfully created a schematics including all libs for schema and footprints then placed the components on a board. Then I tried the manual...
To developers of Kicad and others. Comments about Eeschema. --Why are the X,Y coordinates upside down in the Y axis? When I learned Cartesian coordinates the...
I "finished"; this up this morning. You should be able to now load Eagle version 6.x *.brd XML files into Pcbnew. To do so, use the normal *Pcbnew* file open...
Hello guys, one of my workers had the idea of using small (like 0.5" x 0.5" / 1cm x 1cm) open copper ground planes on the edges of our boards for setting...
Arg... this is driving me nuts. For the past two weeks, I have buckled down to create the parts libraries I need. This seems to be a nightmare for every...
Hello. I am new to Kicad and I did not find a proper way to resolve these two things: 1) Place thermal vias under a component to transfer the heat to other...
Hello, I'm a kicad beginner and want to use multiple sheets. I want to connect address bus onto one page to address bus onto second page. i have tried to...
Design a kicad library file using kicad quick library generator tutorial ways I found to make it efficient. This is a pdf tutorial I made because I would like...
Hi, I'm having some trouble managing high current segments with DRC and need some advise. When design rule is set up to associate a net with a high current...
I'm slowly working my way in learning how to create a circuit board with kicad. So far I have created the schematic, tested it and created a netlist with...
