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Kicad continues….

By admin | Published: August 29, 2009
66.Click on “Save current part into current loaded library (in memory)” on the top toolbar. 67.Click on “Save current loaded library on disk (file update)” on the top tool bar. 68.Click “yes” on the confirmation message. 69.You can now close the “Libedit” window. 70.Return back to the “EeSchema” window. 71.Repeat steps 14 to 20, however this time choose “conn” and “MYCONN3”. 72.Your [...]
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Kicad tutorials continues …

By admin | Published: August 29, 2009
24.Right click in the middle of the component. 25.Select: “Edit Component” -> “Edit”. 26.The “Component properties” window will appear. 27.Select the “Value” tab. 28.Replace the current “Value” “R” with “1k”. 29.Click “OK”. 30.The value inside the resistor should now be “1k” . 31.Place another resistor by clicking on the place you want the resistor to appear. 32.The “Component selection:” window will appear. 33.The resistor [...]
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KiCad – open source (GPL) integrated package for schematic circuit capture and PCB layout, step by step tutorials

By admin | Published: August 29, 2009
1. Run “KiCad.exe”. 2. You are now in the Main Window. 3. Create a new project: “Projects” -> “New Project Descr”. 4. Click on “Create New Folder” button, and name the new folder “tute1”. 5. Open the new directory by double clicking on it. 6. Enter the name of the project in “File Name”, in this tutorial we will call [...]
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