Correct SMD footprint terminology for navigating the KiCad libraries? [SOLVED]

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Apologies in advance for a question I feel is probably second nature to most in this forum… I’m respinning a few of my existing designs to SMD to sacrifice while I learn how to use my new reflow oven correctly.

If I take a component like a 2N7002 MOSFET or BC857 I see in the datasheet its footprint is SOT23 (or TO-236AB is also mentioned in the 2N7002 datasheet as an equivalent). In KiCad I don’t see those in either Transistors_SMD or any of the Housings_xxx libraries.

I’m thinking that’s a very common footprint, so must be there somewhere. Is it, but under a different naming convention? Using 2015-05-12 BZR5652 from the Windows launchpad.

Thanks
Geoff

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Do you have all of the stock libraries? I have a “Housings_xxx” that is specifically SOT23:

2362×1664 203 KB

Also available from the repos: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/blob/master/modules/Housings_SOT23_SOT143_TSOT6.kicad_pcb

Maybe verify against the entire list available here to see if you have the full compliment of libraries available? https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library

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Thanks Chris! Sometimes you can’t see the answer for standing too near it.

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Package style or case style are the terms most commonly used in data sheets. What would lead the developers to pick a different term? I wonder how many other non-standard descriptive terms are confusing new users.