Hi, can somebody give me a hint how to copy a component from the schematic to library editor? Somehow some of my components have disappeared from the library,...
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lynchaj
Feb 1, 2010 4:30 pm
Hi! I've been using KiCAD/FreeRouting.net for several ECB and S-100 homebrew computer boards. They are all free/open source so if anyone would like them...
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lynchaj
Feb 1, 2010 4:33 pm
Hi! I've been using KiCAD/FreeRouting.net for several ECB and S-100 homebrew computer boards. They are all free/open source so if anyone would like them...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Feb 1, 2010 5:01 pm
You have may have lost the path to wherever you stored the parts in the first place. Otherwise Kicad maintains a cache of the sch. parts in the project ...
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Dan Andersson
dlea5098
Feb 1, 2010 5:28 pm
... Nope, you're wrong Tom. If you can see them, they are there. If I install a new KiCad without the VNWA2 libs and modules correctly copied, I see it in the...
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mike
rm_sharkey
Feb 1, 2010 8:48 pm
Andrew, I think this topic came up a while back about centralizing a library repository or some such. Not sure if anything materialized from it yet. I know...
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patrick
wipinmtl
Feb 1, 2010 9:28 pm
i did a repository a month ago for kicad on github. but i wasn't sure if it was a good idea... i did it after seeing a post on hackaday about this github: ...
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burnsrobbie
Feb 1, 2010 10:11 pm
Hi Kicad has been great so far and prototype PCBs have been made. The subcontractor wants a position file, while Kicad does offer the output, it seems to be...
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Anders Gustafsson
anders.gusta...
Feb 2, 2010 7:21 am
I think it is an excellent idea. Why not use sourceforge? - Anders Gustafsson Engineer, CNE6, ASE Pedago, The Aaland Islands (N60 E20) www.pedago.fi phone +358...
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Robert
brownbrummig
Feb 2, 2010 9:52 am
Heh - I had this exact same problem last year, and someone on the list kindly provided the answer. Take a look at the module properties of the missing...
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tom_iphi
Feb 2, 2010 10:44 am
Hi Andy, Dan, thanks for the hints. I found the cash and retrieved my components form there. They might still have been sitting in some library, but I couldn't...
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mike
rm_sharkey
Feb 2, 2010 1:40 pm
Anders, Yes, I think that would be possible, however, I think you would wind up with something like the yahoo file area where you just have everything sort of...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Feb 2, 2010 2:20 pm
Not that I know of. The .sch file does contain a list of what libs it knows about, and that is what will appear in the library list when you use the editor....
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Feb 2, 2010 2:53 pm
This was discussed some time ago as I remember.... As a matter of interest, who run kicadlib.org s that would seem to be an obvious starting place. I don;t...
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patrick
wipinmtl
Feb 2, 2010 6:25 pm
hi, ... maybe it's possible to have a script that do that for us (on server side (lib -> jpg, mod -> jpg). if the solution is really a website (not svn, not...
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lynchaj
Feb 2, 2010 8:29 pm
Hi! That sounds like a good idea but I am not a KiCAD developer or library maintainer. I'm not suggesting to build up a common parts library infrastructure...
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juliorz
juliorz74
Feb 2, 2010 9:04 pm
Well even if that many users use S100 stuff, I think it is important just to have it in a centralized library. Perhaps it can be organized under categories,...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Feb 2, 2010 10:07 pm
I may have misunderstood the point :-) I was responding to the comment that mike made but Yahoos threading sometimes gets things muddled up. Have you found the...
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Greg Dyess
gregory.dyess
Feb 3, 2010 1:56 am
Don't forget PC-104 and PC-104+ used heavily in embedded applications. Greg ________________________________ From: juliorz <juliorz@...> To:...
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juliorz
juliorz74
Feb 3, 2010 3:03 am
Yes, good point. _____ From: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-users@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Dyess Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 8:57 PM ...
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josh_eeg
Feb 3, 2010 5:09 am
hi is low in for active low inputs? when I make a schematic symbol for a chip? I know the ~ puts the bar over it but that might work better as a radio button...
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patrick
wipinmtl
Feb 3, 2010 7:29 am
hi mike and everyone interested in this project, i would be up to work on this, but i need your help to tell me exactly what you want. since i am new to EDA i...
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stephrac74
Feb 3, 2010 8:11 am
Hi group, Here is the PDF with my last Kicad PCB. I’m quite happy with the result despite the limitations of Kicad. The main limitation is that I may have to...
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vladimir_uryvaev
vladimir_ury...
Feb 3, 2010 9:12 am
... I agree that there's no good to have such feature not 'self-documented' but checkbox or radio button do not give a way to make bar over a part of name,...
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Robert
brownbrummig
Feb 3, 2010 9:22 am
Is there a way to "untilde", so that the second half of the name does not have a bar over it? Some pins have a secondary function that isn't ... ...
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vladimir_uryvaev
vladimir_ury...
Feb 3, 2010 10:35 am
... Use second tilde: ~RESET~(DEBIG_CLK)...
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Robert
brownbrummig
Feb 3, 2010 11:59 am
Splendid! Thank you, Vladimir! Regards, Robert. ... No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database:...
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lynchaj
Feb 3, 2010 1:42 pm
Hi! On a similar note lets not forget our European friends ECB. I am not European but I sure like the Kontron ECB bus. IMO, it is almost perfect for home brew...
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patrick
wipinmtl
Feb 3, 2010 4:05 pm
hi again, i was thinking that maybe it would be a good idea to integrate the parts repo search in kicad directly (of course an internet connection would be ...
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mike
rm_sharkey
Feb 3, 2010 4:36 pm
I don't know if it would be a good idea or not initially, Pat. I will just offer that the concept of a community parts repo for EDA application is a fairly new...
