Thanks, Brian. When I look at the Properties
of the part, I see it's called 'Trim-potentiometer', which is
also a good name. The pin count filter works for me, under
8.0.4.
On 2024-08-23 17:47, Brian via
groups.io wrote:
Hi John,
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Ah yes,
'potentiometers' I am far more familiar with.
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In Schematic
Editor, I ran into the Assign Footprint tool, which has the
‘pin count’ filter, but I sure couldn’t get it to work.?
Maybe someone else has wisdom on this?
(Using
v8.0.4)
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Glad you
found what you needed!
(Editing footprint is quite simple once you get into it- I
rarely use a provided footprint now without doublechecking
it and modifying it in some way- then saving it to my own
library (which I name with a ‘1-Battery holder’, for
example) so they appear before the built-in libraries)
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Kind
regards,
Brian
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Brian
German
Sr.
Technical Content Developer
DigiKey
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Thanks,
Brian. KiCad calls preset resistors 'potentiometers', which
is perhaps better, but 2 terminal parts do exist which are
not pots. I think 'preset pot'? is the best description.
Your tip to open the Browser is exactly what I was looking
for. It's a bit hidden under the 'View' tab. The option to
choose the number of pins is on another screen, one that's
full of tiny text which i have a problem to read.
On 2024-08-23 17:17, Brian via groups.io
wrote:
Hi John,
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I’m not
sure what a preset resistor is, but I’m willing to learn.
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When I
want to see what is all available, I open the footprint
editor and hit View/Footprint Library Browser
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If you hit
this button, you can see the 3D model- if one has been
assigned to it…
Then you can click your down arrow to flip through the
different footprint.
I could
have sworn there was a filter where you could enter a
terminal number and limit your results to just those
footprints.? I don’t see it now- I found it quite helpful.
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Hope it
helps,
Brian
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Brian
German
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Thanks,
Andy, but to find 'a device in the same package' seems to
me to be a step further away from searching through
footprints for the one I hope is there. The part is a
preset resistor, not a transistor.
isn't
there a screen that shows descriptions and images of
footprints?
On 2024-08-23 15:27, Andy wrote:
However if you don't care about the actual device just find a device in
the same package, then copy it's footprint to your own lib and modify as
required.
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