Re: [Kicad-developers] Library woes (was Symbol library for FTDI chips)

2012-11-12 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Sat, 10 Nov 2012, Alex G. wrote: On 11/10/2012 10:40 AM, Simon Turner wrote: The problem is made worse by the fact that when you edit a footprint or symbol in the schematic of pcb it can revert back later so it is very frustrating. That is because any edits are saved in the project's cache,

Re: [Kicad-developers] Failure-to-save bug in eeschema library editor ?

2011-11-11 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 11/11/2011 8:43 AM, Øyvind Aabling wrote: On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Øyvind Aabling wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 11/10/2011 1:15 PM, Øyvind Aabling wrote: There seems to be a problem with the eeschema library editor in re

Re: [Kicad-developers] Failure-to-save bug in eeschema library editor ?

2011-11-11 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: [] I do not have this problem on 64 bit Debian Testing using KiCad version BZR 3226 and wxWidgets 2.8.12 even with all of the fancy new Gnome 3 stuff. The library file changes are saved properly and the save current library tool bar icon and file me

Re: [Kicad-developers] Failure-to-save bug in eeschema library editor ?

2011-11-11 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Øyvind Aabling wrote: On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 11/10/2011 1:15 PM, Øyvind Aabling wrote: There seems to be a problem with the eeschema library editor in recent BZR versions of kicad: Changes to edited parts aren't saved to disk, and the only way to

Re: [Kicad-developers] Failure-to-save bug in eeschema library editor ?

2011-11-10 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: On 11/10/2011 1:15 PM, Øyvind Aabling wrote: There seems to be a problem with the eeschema library editor in recent BZR versions of kicad: Changes to edited parts aren't saved to disk, and the only way to exit the library editor is to discard all cha

[Kicad-developers] Failure-to-save bug in eeschema library editor ?

2011-11-10 Thread �yvind Aabling
There seems to be a problem with the eeschema library editor in recent BZR versions of kicad: Changes to edited parts aren't saved to disk, and the only way to exit the library editor is to discard all changes :-( I've now checked the BZR versions that I've been running lately, and it works in BZ

Re: [Kicad-developers] Module Wizard - Idea

2011-04-25 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: What scripts? The script (pcblibs, a perl script) and its associated code is in the perl subdir. See perl/README on how to invoke the script (it requires some perl modules, located in perl/PCB, to be built first), and see perl/README.pcblibs for an

Re: [Kicad-developers] Module Wizard - Idea (fwd)

2011-04-20 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Vesa Solonen wrote: Also to the list... I wonder what happens to threading ;) -- Forwarded message -- On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, José Eduardo S. C. Xavier wrote: -snip- I don't if "snip" is a good or bad thing :s Most of the time good :) It means shortening

Re: [Kicad-developers] Module Wizard - Idea

2011-04-20 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Tue, 19 Apr 2011, Dick Hollenbeck wrote: O Seems to be a valuable addition to module editor functionality. Even better would be a GUI wizard for Oyvind's module creation scripts. What scripts? I could oops, not find the perl code in that repo. Sorry for my terrible English, it's nor

Re: [Kicad-developers] Improving module editor: Simplify complex package drawing

2010-11-23 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Fri, 12 Nov 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/26/2010 08:29 AM, Michael Heidinger wrote: Hello, i am advanced smd user. As SMD Packages are getting quite more complex is adding these new cases th

Re: [Kicad-developers] Improving module editor: Simplify complex package drawing

2010-11-12 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Tue, 26 Oct 2010, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/26/2010 08:29 AM, Michael Heidinger wrote: Hello, i am advanced smd user. As SMD Packages are getting quite more complex is adding these new cases the conventional module editor a real challenge.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Proposal for the courtyard/assembly layer issue

2010-09-11 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010, Brian F. G. Bidulock wrote: Lorenzo, On Fri, 10 Sep 2010, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: Comments? Here's what I have done (am in the process of doing): [] Components on the "Component" layer also have a mounted height and and vertical extrusion attributes for mechanical

Re: [Kicad-developers] Potential issues with oaa_ lib

2010-09-11 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: [] I've now added the perl code, released under "GNU GPL 3 or later", it's in revision 5 :-) I'll address the various library issues in the next revision (some of them needs double-checking of datasheets, e

Re: [Kicad-developers] Potential issues with oaa_ lib

2010-09-10 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Sun, 5 Sep 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: [] I've now added the perl code, released under "GNU GPL 3 or later", it's in revision 5 :-) I'll address the various library issues in the next revision (some of them needs double-checking of datasheets, etc.): * DB/DSUB mounting pad size (the consen

Re: [Kicad-developers] Potential issues with oaa_ lib

2010-09-05 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: That's an even better idea, but is there a way in kicad to store lines on the comments layer within the footprint library? I can see why we wouldn't want to contaminate the silkscreen with backyards (oh, I meant

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-09-05 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: Yep, the file http://www.uspro.org/documents/IGES5-3_forDownload.pdf looks interesting - seems to be the full IGES 5.x specs, i.e. just what we need, so if any

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-09-05 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The .dim files are not input, but output created by the perl code. Some dimensions are defined in (hierarchical) tables, or defined as attributes on the part name, while others are calculated, so the .dim files a

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-29 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Yes, although I would place the size first, I think: TDFN8-3X3-M065, as the pitch is given (not always, but mainly) by package size and pin count. Agreed. I only suggested the size after the pitch,, so that it w

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-29 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Sun, 29 Aug 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: Yep, the file http://www.uspro.org/documents/IGES5-3_forDownload.pdf looks interesting - seems to be the full IGES 5.x specs, i.e. just what we need, so if anyone's got this file, or has more luck accessing ww

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-29 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Sat, 28 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: I've looked at some of the datasheets above, and I think the datasheet http://pdfserv.maxim-ic.com/package_dwgs/21-0137.PDF is wrong - the difference between the variants seems to be the size of the exposed pad (D2,E2), but 21-0137.PDF lists them as identical.

Re: [Kicad-developers] Potential issues with oaa_ lib

2010-08-28 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I started designing a little adapter for picprog, using exclusively components from discret, pinarray, and connector. It feels and looks much better than the standard kicad libraries. I can't even begin to des

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-28 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it just me or are DFN8-M065 <-> TDFN8-M065 and DFN10-M05 <-> TDFN10-M05 packages identical except that TDFN's have slightly larger pads? Very likely - my DFN/QFN lib is based on datasheets from topline.to (th

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-28 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There are named "land patterns" on maxim's website: http://www.maxim-ic.com/design/packaging/index.mvp?a=2&f= Yes, there are both land patterns and package outlines, but there's an awful lot of them to go throug

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-26 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is it just me or are DFN8-M065 <-> TDFN8-M065 and DFN10-M05 <-> TDFN10-M05 packages identical except that TDFN's have slightly larger pads? Very likely - my DFN/QFN lib is based on datasheets from topline.to (the

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-26 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 First of all, sorry for the latent reply. I've been in a no-internet zone for the last week or so (and even then, without my linux box, there wasn't much I could do The datasheet doesn't include recommended footp

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-26 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: BTW, is the naming of the footprints acceptable? I think so. It's the easiest to change if needed :) I've set it at 0.5mm. What value should I increase it to; 1mm? If I change the radius, I'll also have to adjust t

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-21 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2010 10:04 PM, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: I've been struck by Kicad's lack of all but the most basic footprints. As such, I have started drawing some footprints, and would like

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-17 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: I'm attaching the Sharp SSR library complete with symbol, footprints (vertical and horizontal, and 3D packages (I left the color at its defaults, as I have no idea how to efficiently change it in Wings3D). I think the

Re: [Kicad-developers] A few extra component footprins

2010-08-17 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2010 10:04 PM, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Alex G wrote: I've been struck by Kicad's lack of all but the most basic footprints. As such, I have started drawing some footprints, and would like

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad libraries for pcbnew

2010-08-17 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: The long-term solution is of course support for pin function-to-number mapping, including, in this case, free interchange (with backport to eeschema) of the two equivalent AC inputs. Yes, pin and gate/part swa

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad libraries for pcbnew

2010-08-03 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: I know that I've been a bit quiet lately (been busy with other stuff :-), will try and find some more time for KiCad ... I'll say take your time. There may be some things even more intersting than KiCad in

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad libraries for pcbnew

2010-07-12 Thread �yvind Aabling
A few more components at http://www.uni-c.dtu.dk/~univind/kicad/ This time, I've added the diode bridges (named BR-*), and I think a few others, but as it's been a while since my last announcement, I can't really remember which ones :-( I know that I've been a bit quiet lately (been busy with ot

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad libraries for pcbnew

2010-05-06 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: I have added some more components and some improvements to my pcbnew libraries at http://www.uni-c.dtu.dk/~univind/kicad/ Yet more components added :-) * Socket

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad libraries for pcbnew

2010-04-20 Thread �yvind Aabling
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Vesa Solonen wrote: On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote: I have added some more components and some improvements to my pcbnew libraries at http://www.uni-c.dtu.dk/~univind/kicad/ It was just minutes ago I downloaded your latest archive. In awe :) * Improved silk

Re: [Kicad-developers] Kicad libraries for pcbnew

2010-04-20 Thread �yvind Aabling
I have added some more components and some improvements to my pcbnew libraries at http://www.uni-c.dtu.dk/~univind/kicad/ I've added: * Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors (SMD), both polarized and unpolarized. In the lack of a better name, I've named them AEC-[PU], but I'm open to suggestions :-)

[Kicad-developers] A few cvpcb bugs and enhancements

2010-04-15 Thread �yvind Aabling
I've noticed a couple of issues with cvpcb: * The "available modules" list in the right side of the main cvpcb window cannot be resized (horizontally), and long part names gets truncated with '...'s (and the list even has a horizontal scrollbar attached ...). Very annoying, especially when