Hi guys, the problem I have is that every time I press the" Symbol Library "button, it takes about 1 second or a little longer for the symbol library pop-up to open.
How can I reduce this time so that the symbol library popup opens sooner?
Kicad version 8.0.1
OS: Windows 10
You can disable libraries. Disabling a lot of the big uC and FPGA libraries helps a bit.
For me a bit annoying is that either the keyboard buffer gets cleared, or keys arrive at the wrong destination. I normally start adding symbols to the schematic with a, and then start typing, but the text does not appear in the search box. I have to wait one or two seconds before I start typing for the text to appear in the search box.
I guess a faster computer or SSD may also help. In those one or two seconds, the schematic editor loads over 21000 symbols, and it’s understandable that takes some time. With a “big data” approach, where symbols are only loaded on demand may be quicker in this regard, but would probably have other side effects, and need a lot of re-programming.
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Thank you,
Yes, this issue slows down the design process.
I disabled many parts I didn’t need, like the FPGA and MCU, but the effect was small, maybe 100 milliseconds.
My computer has a SATA SSD, but I also tested it with an NVME SSD on a powerful computer and the problem was still there.
And that the library is loaded from RAM after initial loading, and I don’t think this is related to SSD.
No way for Solve This Problem?
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