There is a problem (or I am doing something terribly wrong !) with the coordinate system in KiCad.
Schematic Parity Error
I am already one week into the design of the PCB for my new radio node and today I discovered some schematic errors that I had to fix. Running the DRC (Design Rule Check[er]) KiCad threw some schematic parity errors which “occurs when there’s a mismatch between the schematic diagram and the physical PCB (printed […]
New radio node
Today I finalzied the designed for my new Raspberry Pi Zero-based radio node. Designed around SA818 and CM108B sound codec, will replace my old dead-bug style radio node that I used for so many years.
KiCad 7.0 – Footprint does not match copy in library
Another one in KiCad 7.0. I work on a project these days and I face all kind of weird stuff in KiCad 7.0. While running DRC in PCB editor, I ran into a “Footprint [whatever footprint] does not match copy in library [whatever library]” warning: This seems to be related whenever the 3D file is […]
KiCad Templates for Orange Pi Zero
KiCad templates for two different hat models for Orange Pi Zero boards can be downloaded from my GitHub repo. Two different KiCad templates can be downloaded in the same GitHub archive: one uncut, 46×48 mm exactly same size as Orange Pi Zero; the other one has some cuts for network and USB connector, to accomodate […]