What are we moving toward?

Exercise for more advanced features of KiCAD

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Session Objectives

• User upgrade!
  • Demonstrate Tools
  • Tips & Tricks
• Library Use & Management
• Custom Components
• Custom Footprints

Schematic Libraries

When you add a schematic component, where does it come from??

There's an editor for that.

Make a Custom Schematic Component

Schematic Libraries

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Make sure your settings align.

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It should already be right.

To create a new library, create a new component first...

Then save it to a new library

Then tell your project you'd like to use your new library.

Then tell the editor you'd like to use your custom library.

Now you're finally ready to edit a custom part in a custom library.

What are we even doing here?

Better consult the data sheet!

Add a pin.

Stick that pin somewhere.

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Now do it 3 more times. Can you get this?
What's the trick to get 3 and 4 around the right way?

Pretty it up a bit.

Tadaaaa. Save it when you're happy.

Now you can add it to your schematic.

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Wire some up! Awesome! But wait, what does it all mean?

(Bonus: And how did I get them backwards??)

ON TO FOOTPRINTS!

PCB Footprint

When you add a layout footprint, where does it come from??

There's an editor for that.

Make a Custom Footprint

What's the quickest way?

THEN, create a library for your new component & save it.

Don't forget to tell KiCAD you want to use your new library.

Library Tables should look like this:

THEN, tell KiCAD you'd like to use your library, part 2!

But, there's a *LOT* that still isn't right.

Can we transform our footprint to something that better matches reality??

Don't forget, there are still ways to do this from scratch/more manually.

Random Tips and Tricks!

Apply Labels to Tidy up your Schematic

Use traces that are wider for Power

Fancy Edges - Part 1/2

Fancy Edges - Part 2/2

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