Every package of software suite comes with an amount of collateral applications, extensions and/or libraries.
KiCad does the same; but sometimes default components aren't enough for specific goals.
Thanks to KiCad's popularity people around the world spent some of their time to enrich the base: so that you can find useful libraries or scheme directly for free on websites. Here some of them (in my opinion the most important):
- KiCADlib.org;
- kicadlibraries.com (contains material for LTSpice too, for electrical circuits analysis);
- ohsec (libraries converted from Eagle to KiCad);
- smisioto (old but good).
Now think you don't find component you need among default and external or third-part libraries.
Two main solutions show to yourself:
- desperation, with profession abandon or change;
- design your own.
...continue reading "Kicad. From Software To Hardware Part3"