tonedef Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 Okay, my google fu is not up to par, and this is my first go at KiCad, but: I've been trying to find schematic files I can open in KiCad (i.e. not pdf's) for the Midibox modules. How do you all do this? I "think" it's possible to import the .brd files in KiCad, if I use the nightly build. Not sure what's an efficient work flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatline Posted June 3, 2018 Report Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) i think: the files you see on ucapps, are made by tk, by not using Kicad. i by me do it this way: open the pdf, and draw it new... dont ask for it - i dont have rebuilt the modules - when i need exact the modules - i buy them... but for example, i am drawing this shematic right now: CC_Looper.zip the bad side, is finding the footprints, since there is a lack of wiki use - a few have to taken from eagle using this script: or from different websites ... the footprint for the discovery module can also be found in the net.... i will try to combine the searched stuff in a lib... but i am not that profi to do so at the moment, - its a little bit a mess... hope to find out how to merge different things... Edited June 3, 2018 by Phatline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borfo Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 I've built modules in Kicad from the schematics on Ucapps.de from scratch - just copying the schematics into Kicad. They're pretty straightforward, and the copying exercise has been a great way to learn Kicad. If you're interested in DIN or DOUT modules, I could send you my kicad files for this board if you want: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonedef Posted June 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Oh, okay. That sounds good. Having the modules was just for a starting point to ensure I'm doing it right, since I've never attempted this before (want to try to squeeze everything I want in with less boards/cabling). I'll try my hand at tracing them and compare it to the files you have. Thanks Phatline & borfo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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