Creating a Single Wire Soldering Hole for Wire

[starguy]

I’m building a launch controller for model rockets. My switches and LED’s are mounted on an ammo case that controls the launch. I have a remote launch connected to the power unit near the launch pad that is connected by CAT 5e. So I need to create soldering holes to solder 24 gauge wire to run to the switches, LEDs, & RJ-45 connector. I’ve Googled, looked through both the Schema libraries & Footprint libraries but haven’t found what I need, probably because I don’t know what it is called. Anyone run into this before?

[eelik]

Does this help?

How to connect a wire to the PCB?

There are generally 3 options available to connect a wire or cable to your PCB. You can solder it directly to the PCB, use a terminal block or a connector. This article assumes you use stranded wire. Soldering directly to the PCB This is the cheapest option. All that is required is a contact point on the PCB. Both SMD and through hole pads are possible. But be aware that solder will wick into the wire making it less flexible until some point. This transition point will be the point of failure i…

[starguy]

Yes, it was what I was looking for. KiCad is a great program but trying to figure out the naming structure of parts is quite challenging.

[Rene_Poschl]

@starguy

KiCad is a great program but trying to figure out the naming structure of parts is quite challenging.

Unlike other popular tools we document how our library is build https://www.kicad.org/libraries/klc/