Re: Searching for an existing footprint
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
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Hi John,
?
Ah yes,
'potentiometers' I am far more familiar with.
?
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)
?
?
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)
?
Kind
regards,
Brian
?
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,
?
I’m not
sure what a preset resistor is, but I’m willing to learn.
?
When I
want to see what is all available, I open the footprint
editor and hit View/Footprint Library Browser
?
?
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.
?
?
Hope it
helps,
Brian
?
Brian
German
?
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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Re: Searching for an existing footprint
Hi John,
?
Ah yes, 'potentiometers' I am far more familiar with.
?
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)
?
?
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)
?
Kind regards,
Brian
?
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,
?
I’m not sure what a preset resistor is, but I’m willing to learn.
?
When I want to see what is all available, I open the footprint editor and hit View/Footprint Library Browser
?
?
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.
?
?
Hope it helps,
Brian
?
Brian German
?
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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Best Wishes
John Woodgate
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Re: Searching for an existing footprint
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,
?
I’m not sure
what a preset resistor is, but I’m willing to learn.
?
When I want
to see what is all available, I open the footprint editor
and hit View/Footprint Library Browser
?
?
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.
?
?
Hope it
helps,
Brian
?
Brian
German
?
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.
--
OOO - Own Opinions Only
Best Wishes
John Woodgate
Keep trying
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Re: Searching for an existing footprint
Hi John,
?
I’m not sure what a preset resistor is, but I’m willing to learn.
?
When I want to see what is all available, I open the footprint editor and hit View/Footprint Library Browser
?
?
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.
?
?
Hope it helps,
Brian
?
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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Best Wishes
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Re: Searching for an existing footprint
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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Best Wishes
John Woodgate
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Re: Searching for an existing footprint
You typically search for the device, then you may see several footprints with various names with e,b,c, b,c,e, 1,2,3, etc against then indicating the different pinouts. 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. Andy On Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:20:29 +0100 "John Woodgate" <jmw@...> wrote: What is the best way to search the hundreds of existing footprints for a
particular arrangement of pins? Just a 3-pin symbol, nothing complicated.
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existing footprints for a particular arrangement of pins? Just a
3-pin symbol, nothing complicated.
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Re: KiCad Version 2 downloading file
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 11:01 PM, <yingjh21@...> wrote:
KiCad Version 2
'EESchema Schematic File Version 2' is just be the version of EESchema which could be separate from the KiCad version (i.e. possibly also used in v4).? I opened a .sch file made with KiCad v5 and it was titled 'EESchema Schematic File Version 2' I opened a .kicad_sch file made with v6 and it said: (kicad_sch (version 20211123) (generator eeschema)' at the top.??
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Another using v7 gave:
(kicad_sch (version 20230121) (generator eeschema)
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v8 (last saved a few days ago):
(kicad_sch
? ? (version 20231120)
? ? (generator "eeschema")
? ? (generator_version "8.0")
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You may have to install v6 to open a v5 file, then v7 to open the converted v6 file, and then v8 to open the v7 file.? (v8 is very worth it, IMHO)
Hope it helps.
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Have you tried to load them using the current version? I would try that first, and I think you will find it will do the appropriate conversions for you.
? Hi there, do you have the downloading file of KiCad Version 2?
? I collected some schematic files that seem to be KiCad 2.0, but I cannot find version2 on KiCad official website.(I believe those files belong to version2 because they start with "EESchema Schematic File Version 2" in Notepad.)
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Re: KiCad Version 2 downloading file
Do they not upgrade to the latest version? Anyhow, to answer your
question as best I can, I have copies of kicad going back to
kicad-2007-01-15.zip and KiCad-2008-08-25c-final-WinXP_autoinstall.exe
(both Windows). Unfortunately this only tells me the date, not the
version number. Can you tell me when your files date back to? Or
does anyone know how dates and version numbers relate?
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KiCad Version 2 downloading file
? Hi there, do you have a downloading file of KiCad Version 2?
? I collected some schematic files that seem to be KiCad 2.0, but I cannot find the version2 on KiCad official website.(I believe those files belong to version2 because they start with "EESchema Schematic File Version 2" in Notepad.)
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? Hi there, do you have the downloading file of KiCad Version 2?
? I collected some schematic files that seem to be KiCad 2.0, but I cannot find version2 on KiCad official website.(I believe those files belong to version2 because they start with "EESchema Schematic File Version 2" in Notepad.)
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Re: Reference Designator vs ${REFERENCE}
Thanks.. Good tip.? Thanks for the replies everyone this all makes sense to me now.
?Thanks again!
On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 6:56 PM Alan Pearce via <kiwiantipodean= [email protected]> wrote: To add to what John says, if you investigate the attributes of each one, one will be on the silk screen layer, and the other will be on the assembly layer. You should be able to turn the appropriate layer off in the display if these are cluttering the up the display while you are working. I normally turn off the assembly layers and keep the silk screen layers displaying as I lay out a board, as that gives me the visual of how the physical board will look. Then once that is all happy I will turn on the assembly layers and adjust the designators as necessary to get a clear assembly document.
One, including the value, is to co-relate to
the schematic, and might not obviously or unambiguously relate
to the location. The other, the plain 'R14' located within the
outline, is to show for certain which part goes there during
assembly (population).
On 2024-07-02 23:10, Richie wrote:
Hi,
I'm somewhat new to Kicad and PCB design for that matter.? When
placing footprints on the PCB it seems that the Footprint
Properties by default have both a "Reference Designator" and an
unamed property who's value is ${RFERENCE} [screen shot attached]
which seem to equate to the same thing on the resulting PCB
[screen shot attached].? Are both of these needed?? I know I can
turn off the "show" property for one of them -- but I'm wondering
how they different, if both are actually needed, and if not is
there a "bulk" update I can do to hide either one of them across
all the footprints without having to click into each footprint??
??
Thank you, 
-richie
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Re: Reference Designator vs ${REFERENCE}
To add to what John says, if you investigate the attributes of each one, one will be on the silk screen layer, and the other will be on the assembly layer. You should be able to turn the appropriate layer off in the display if these are cluttering the up the display while you are working. I normally turn off the assembly layers and keep the silk screen layers displaying as I lay out a board, as that gives me the visual of how the physical board will look. Then once that is all happy I will turn on the assembly layers and adjust the designators as necessary to get a clear assembly document.
One, including the value, is to co-relate to
the schematic, and might not obviously or unambiguously relate
to the location. The other, the plain 'R14' located within the
outline, is to show for certain which part goes there during
assembly (population).
On 2024-07-02 23:10, Richie wrote:
Hi,
I'm somewhat new to Kicad and PCB design for that matter.? When
placing footprints on the PCB it seems that the Footprint
Properties by default have both a "Reference Designator" and an
unamed property who's value is ${RFERENCE} [screen shot attached]
which seem to equate to the same thing on the resulting PCB
[screen shot attached].? Are both of these needed?? I know I can
turn off the "show" property for one of them -- but I'm wondering
how they different, if both are actually needed, and if not is
there a "bulk" update I can do to hide either one of them across
all the footprints without having to click into each footprint??
??
Thank you, 
-richie
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Re: Reference Designator vs ${REFERENCE}
One, including the value, is to co-relate to
the schematic, and might not obviously or unambiguously relate
to the location. The other, the plain 'R14' located within the
outline, is to show for certain which part goes there during
assembly (population).
On 2024-07-02 23:10, Richie wrote:
Hi,
I'm somewhat new to Kicad and PCB design for that matter.? When
placing footprints on the PCB it seems that the Footprint
Properties by default have both a "Reference Designator" and an
unamed property who's value is ${RFERENCE} [screen shot attached]
which seem to equate to the same thing on the resulting PCB
[screen shot attached].? Are both of these needed?? I know I can
turn off the "show" property for one of them -- but I'm wondering
how they different, if both are actually needed, and if not is
there a "bulk" update I can do to hide either one of them across
all the footprints without having to click into each footprint??
??
Thank you, 
-richie
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UK
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Re: Reference Designator vs ${REFERENCE}
Hi,
In the Schematic editor, try Tools | Edit Symbol Fields...
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On 7/2/2024 3:10 PM, Richie wrote: Hi,
I'm somewhat new to Kicad and PCB design for that matter.? When placing
footprints on the PCB it seems that the Footprint Properties by default
have both a "Reference Designator" and an unamed property who's value is
${RFERENCE} [screen shot attached] which seem to equate to the same
thing on the resulting PCB [screen shot attached].? Are both of these
needed?? I know I can turn off the "show" property for one of them --
but I'm wondering how they different, if both are actually needed, and
if not is there a "bulk" update I can do to hide either one of them
across all the footprints without having to click into each footprint?
Thank you,
-richie
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