Thanks, Jim. Yes, sorry for confusion. It's ERC, that's giving the errors. Usually: ErrType(3) Pin connected to some others pin but not pin to drive it -...
9166
Russ Ferriday
rferriday
Feb 25, 2011 9:46 pm
Going by the contents of the .sch file, the essential information about my layouts are in the Wires, Connections, Components, etc. Since all of that seems to...
9167
Milind Gupta
aryajur
Feb 25, 2011 10:31 pm
Thanks everybody for the instructions. I was able to do it. Previously the select track widths menu was just showing me a single width. When I added more by...
9168
Milind Gupta
aryajur
Feb 25, 2011 10:38 pm
I think adding the ground plane at least on the DC side is a good idea. It would provide lower supply line resistance and reliability. It may also help shield...
9169
Jim Hughen
jjhughen
Feb 25, 2011 10:41 pm
Hi Russ, I have used 2 versions of KiCad: http://judiandjim.com//RefFiles/About_EESchema_2010-05-05_BZR_2356.jpg ...
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Russ Ferriday
rferriday
Feb 25, 2011 10:53 pm
Got it. Thanks Jim. I'm not usually a doubter of the tools - often a sign of a bad workman. But with a relatively old release, it makes sense to ask if a bug...
9171
Milind Gupta
aryajur
Feb 25, 2011 11:13 pm
Hello, Is there a way to disable the sheet frame and create custom sheet frames for eeschema and pcbnew? For PCB I would like to actually remove the frame when...
9172
Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Feb 25, 2011 11:30 pm
It is possible to get duplicate pins generated. Open up the .sch file with a text editor and find the device and pin with the error, it's very easy to see...
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Russ Ferriday
rferriday
Feb 25, 2011 11:32 pm
Thanks, Andy, will look at that. --r. ... Russ Ferriday -- Software and Systems Architect/Developer CEO Topia Systems Ltd. russf@... -- +1 (805) 910...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Feb 25, 2011 11:37 pm
YOu can select a user size for the page if you want, but to be honest that's not something I tend to do a lot. For the PCB with no drawing frame, do not print...
9175
Russ Ferriday
rferriday
Feb 25, 2011 11:44 pm
Very impressed that the build went so smoothly on Ubuntu. Now getting into some more testing. Thanks for advice from Jim and Andy. --r ... Russ Ferriday --...
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Milind Gupta
aryajur
Feb 26, 2011 12:15 am
Thanks Andy, That helps. The plot function works good. Also I didn't notice the page size changing icon. I was searching for it in the File menu. I see it is...
9177
Russ Ferriday
rferriday
Feb 26, 2011 12:33 am
Well, tail firmly between legs, and a smile on my face, I have the ERC working. First problem was that I had a couple of symbols that did not have the right...
9178
Jeff Kaskey
jkaskey
Feb 26, 2011 1:05 am
KiCad doesn't know that it's missing a PWR_FLAG, just that it's missing a power source, and that's one of the things that the PWR_FLAG provides. There are...
9179
Russ Ferriday
rferriday
Feb 26, 2011 1:20 am
Thanks, Jeff. With error messages like these, it would be good to link to a page of likely causes. Thanks for the tutorial link. Now that my ERC woes are over,...
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kicad-users@yahoogrou...
Feb 26, 2011 1:28 am
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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kicad-users@yahoogrou...
Feb 26, 2011 1:32 am
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 :...
9182
bernd.wiebus
Feb 27, 2011 9:31 am
Hello I migrated from the 2010-05-05 (ubuntu 8) Version with Debian Lenny to Application: KiCad Version: (2011-01-25 BZR 2758)-stable Build: wxWidgets 2.8.11...
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Bernd Wiebus
bernd.wiebus
Feb 27, 2011 9:51 am
Hello A file named "KiCAD_QRP-SWR-Bridge_ModC_RevA_06Aug2010.zip" is at the attachment. It contains the files i talked about my last posting. I have the raly...
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Matthew Lai
water_reaction
Feb 27, 2011 10:24 pm
Hello! I am having a lot of trouble getting subsheets annotated correctly. I have a circuit with 1 subsheet. That's all fine. Annotated and laid out on the...
9185
nly00471
Feb 28, 2011 8:57 am
Hello, In my KiCad version it's almost impossible to select a few components in schematic. I have always more components selected than I want, Kicad even...
9186
ne562
Feb 28, 2011 9:39 am
+1...
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Pedro Martin
pkicad
Feb 28, 2011 10:05 am
Hi, All data of a sheet are saved in a file. You are oppening the same file with both sheets, so any change in one of them is applied to the other. Pedro....
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mike
rm_sharkey
Feb 28, 2011 12:14 pm
Does anybody have any PIC32 symbols already made up? Particularly the PIC32MX5xx family is what I'm interested in? If not, I'll make it up and post on the file...
9189
Robert
brownbrummig
Feb 28, 2011 12:36 pm
I am doing something that requires post-processing of kicad's output. The PCBNew plot dialog includes a setting for the "default pen size", which gets greyed...
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Anders O
anders76...
Feb 28, 2011 1:39 pm
Try http://library.oshec.org/Â . I think the PIC32s are in microchip-4. /Anders ________________________________ From: mike <mike@...> To:...
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josh_eeg
Feb 28, 2011 2:29 pm
a library number system could organise herarchal schematics to keep references. Imagine you make a schematic test it by makeing the connectors on the higher...
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Andy Eskelson
g0poy
Feb 28, 2011 3:47 pm
Are you saying that you want the component reference field to indicate what hierarchical sheet it is on? Personally I would not like to see component...
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jean-pierre charras
jeanpierre_c...
Feb 28, 2011 5:19 pm
Le 27/02/2011 10:31, bernd.wiebus a crit : Hello I migrated from the 2010-05-05 (ubuntu 8) Version with Debian Lenny to Application: KiCad Version: (2011-01-25...
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n1ist
Feb 28, 2011 5:44 pm
There are two types of heirarchical designs - the more common one we use with KiCAD instead of multi-page schematics, where you don't want to have...
