Is it possible to create "inverted"; text in copper layers in PCBNEW? As far as I can see PCBNEW always creates a copper free rectangle around the text and the...
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mike
rm_sharkey
Oct 1, 2009 12:02 pm
I agree, you can create a more professional look that way, the lettering sometimes looks kind of amateurish with a box around it in a copper area. Would be...
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josh_eeg
Oct 1, 2009 1:40 pm
Are you saying it alwase refreshes all the time I would load kubuntu instead of ubuntu 9.. or just you hit f3 or refresh to refresh & it works?...
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josh_eeg
Oct 1, 2009 1:44 pm
This is proably exactly what I would want to do is it documented anywhere so I can see how it is done & where are the buttons or short cut keys to do it? It...
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Pedro Martin
pkicad
Oct 1, 2009 3:36 pm
Hi, I mean I do not need to refresh all the time. In my opinion, the screen is refreshed alright. Pedro. ... of ubuntu 9.. or just you hit f3 or refresh to...
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Lance Earl
dallypost
Oct 1, 2009 10:12 pm
Hi, I am finalizing my first circuit board and have several warnings similar to: ERC: Warning Pin input not driven (Net 73) (X= 4.350 inches, Y= 6.350 inches I...
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Anders Gustafsson
anders.gusta...
Oct 2, 2009 4:09 am
And what is the Pin? VCC, Vdd, Vss? If so, just create a net for say Vdd and it will automatically connect. - Anders Gustafsson Engineer, CNE6, ASE Pedago, The...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Oct 2, 2009 12:09 pm
It is not very well documented and there are no shortcut keys that I can see. The functions are all on the right-click context menus. This is one area where a...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Oct 2, 2009 12:39 pm
As Anders says and also: If you have a power line, but it is NOT connected to anything that is a power out pin, e.g. it is power from an off-board source then...
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kicad-users@yahoogrou...
Oct 2, 2009 1:17 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the kicad-users group. File :...
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josh_eeg
Oct 2, 2009 1:19 pm
24bit_8chan_simul_adc_sch.pdf is my schematic tell me if you see any bugs in it. This is my first kicad file that will be made hopefuly without any problems. ...
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David
yajeed2000
Oct 2, 2009 1:59 pm
... Hi, Are you using electrolytics for the larger value capacitors? There are no polarised capacitor symbols (CAPAPOL) in your schematic. How can you check if...
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korpx
Oct 2, 2009 3:09 pm
I am looking for a way to change the size of all my components reference texts, on an already routed board. Is there a way to do this globally or a function...
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Pedro Martin
pkicad
Oct 4, 2009 8:55 pm
Hi, Maybe the warning is due to a non-connected input. So, mark this input with a "no connect flag" on the right menu, X shape. Pedro. ... correct. However, I...
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Greg Dyess
gregory.dyess
Oct 5, 2009 1:49 pm
I have seen this error is usually due to one of the following (in order of likelihood): 1. A pin incorrectly marked as "input" when it should be something...
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mike
rm_sharkey
Oct 6, 2009 10:50 am
It is a warning, not an error. It is also safe to simply ignore it if you know that, in fact, the pin is driven as it is supposed to be. --Mike...
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josh_eeg
Oct 6, 2009 12:15 pm
How do I designate aireas like on the inside of smd chips freeroute don't route? Josheeg@......
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josh_eeg
Oct 6, 2009 12:16 pm
I have a logo with 4 colors can I make the logo a footprint for my pcb? & how? I worked with illustrator and photoshop It is a svg Josheeg@......
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Greg Dyess
gregory.dyess
Oct 6, 2009 12:39 pm
Sorry about the careless use of the word "error" as opposed to "warning". Yes, warnings can usually be safely ignored, provided you know WHY the warning was...
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Lance Earl
dallypost
Oct 7, 2009 5:08 pm
I have just completed my first schematic and really like the software. I have several componants that cannot be selected from the supplied footprint library,...
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Pedro Martin
pkicad
Oct 7, 2009 5:16 pm
Hi, Open pcbnew, 5th icon on the top bar. Pedro. ... have several componants that cannot be selected from the supplied footprint library, so I will have to...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Oct 7, 2009 8:50 pm
Schematic components are created with the library editor in eeshema. The footprints are created with the module editor in pcbNew. Note that both programs have...
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raoulduke_esq
Oct 8, 2009 8:22 am
Pardon me if I am just being obtuse, but I could find no easy way to add an image or artwork to a layout. I've tried pstoedit but that utility (in addition to...
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yeshe66
Oct 8, 2009 8:28 am
Hi! I've used kicad for quite a while now, and during the time I have done some minor changes and added modules to the original module libraries (yes, I know,...
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NdK
d_zuccato
Oct 8, 2009 8:38 am
... Then it's better if you start "migrating" modules to your own libs... Or you'll have "missing" standard components: the ones eventually added in newer...
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Donald H Locker
dhlocker
Oct 8, 2009 10:48 am
I would suggest installing the modified library in your own space and leaving the system-wide library alone. Clearly, the problem is ownership and permissions...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Oct 8, 2009 11:08 am
I agree with everyone else, it's a permissions problem. When you install kicad manually there is a part of the install where you have to do a chmod operation (...
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yeshe66
Oct 8, 2009 11:58 am
After changing user name for the files permissions it went well (it's actually not the name that is stored, but the user ID, which use to be a nubmer counting...
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josh_eeg
Oct 8, 2009 3:58 pm
Ok I generated a ASCII PBM File logo.pbm I created the plain text file convert.awk installed gawk then ran it to create the output file the > selects the...
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josh_eeg
Oct 8, 2009 5:28 pm
the script didn't stop on a 70 x 70 pixel file. I left it running hopeing it would stop the file was over a gig... my previous post shown awk -f prog.awk...
