🎩🎩🎩 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 When working in #kicad schematic editor, many might be in the habit of carefully routing wires to each component’s connection nodes. However, I want to present a handy approach that can significantly cut down on
🎩🎩🎩 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 Have you ever struggled with accessing and editing properties of individual elements within a group in #kicad? Enter the „Enter Group“ tool from the contextual menu of the particular group.
✍️✍️✍️ 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 When creating or importing new symbols in #kicad I do a manual pinout check. 👩💻👨💻 I always check both Snapeda.com and Ultralibrarian.com for the availability of the symbol, footprint and 3D
🎩🎩🎩 𝐕𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 Do you know what the probably best-hidden feature of all #kicad symbols, footprints, schematics and boards is? 🚀 All those objects are text-based 🚀 Examples? 🟢 Do you want to rename particular labels
🎩🎩🎩 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 I bet all engineers using #kicad know and use 𝗘𝗥𝗖 (Electrical Rule Check) and 𝗗𝗥𝗖 (Design Rule Check). Not everyone knows and uses Symbol Checker and Footprint Checker in the
🎩🎩🎩 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 In a nutshell: 1️⃣ You need a custom Power symbol (for a ground or power domain). 2️⃣ Copy the existing generic symbol. 3️⃣ 🔴 Edit 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲, 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 and 𝗣𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿
📐🖥️ 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝟑𝐃 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥? 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧💡🚀 Did you know that creating custom 3D models for your KiCAD footprint libraries is easier than you think? 🤔 Although manufacturers or the community might not always provide valid 3D
🎩🎩🎩 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟕: 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 ⚙️ #KiCAD has always been a popular choice among hardware design engineers, and with the release of Version 7, it’s even more powerful! One of the standout features
🎩🎩🎩 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 Solder mask expansion, also known as solder mask clearance or solder mask swell, is the distance between the edge of a pad and the edge of the solder mask opening. The expansion is essential
🎩🎩🎩 𝐊𝐢𝐂𝐀𝐃 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 🎉 With the release of KiCAD version 7.0 we no longer need any Teardrops creating plugins. 🎉 The discovery of this feature was a holiday to me. Why? I hate plugins and extensions. Now I