Failure when adding library

xminer · March 18, 2018, 8:10pm

HI, can someone please give me some instruction on how to add the symbol library and footprint?
basically i am trying to add symbol files for xilinx artix 7 fpga, which seems to be already included in the offical library release for kicad 4.0.x version here:

so i just downloadedthe xilinx-artix7.lib and .dcm pairs, and added the library file from the “Preference -> Component library” menu… however when i open the schematic editor, there is an error popped up saying the library is failed to be loaded… as showed in the screenshot attached… any idea why it would fail? should i download the whole repo and replace everything under library directory instead? thanks!

bobc · March 18, 2018, 8:23pm

It sounds like the download has created an invalid file. How exactly did you download it? A reliable way to get files from github is to download a zip of the repo, unzip it locally then add the file in the Component Libraries dialog.

xminer · March 18, 2018, 8:31pm

I right clicked on the lib file i need and select “save as”… I will try download the repo zip instead. thanks!

maui · March 18, 2018, 9:02pm

in GH if you click on a file you get the HTML page containing the file …

github.com

KiCad/kicad-library/blob/master/library/xilinx-artix7.lib

EESchema-LIBRARY Version 2.3  Date: Fri 27 Mar 2015 15:45:50 PM PDT
#encoding utf-8
#
# XC7A15T-CPG236
#
DEF XC7A15T-CPG236 U 0 40 Y Y 6 L N
F0 "U" 0 50 50 H V C CNN
F1 "XC7A15T-CPG236" 0 -50 50 H V C CNN
F2 "~" 0 0 50 H V C CNN
F3 "~" 0 0 50 H V C CNN
DRAW
S -1750 2650 1750 -2900 1 1 10 f
X VCCO_14 F17 -1600 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W
X VCCO_14 K12 -1500 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W
X VCCO_14 K13 -1400 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W
X VCCO_14 L12 -1300 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W
X VCCO_14 L13 -1200 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W
X VCCO_14 M12 -1100 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W
X VCCO_14 M17 -1000 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W
X VCCO_14 R17 -900 2900 250 D 50 50 1 1 W

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You need to go there and Save the Raw link
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/raw/master/library/xilinx-artix7.lib

xminer · March 18, 2018, 9:34pm

That’s it! thanks for the tips, my stupidity!
btw, should i update the whole library, it seems the one comes with 4.0.7 is out of date…

Rene_Poschl · March 18, 2018, 9:52pm

There is no newer version 4 compatible lib. The newer libs use features that will be introduced with version 5.

Maybe at a later date there will be a backport of the lib. But so far the lib is not stable enough for that.

xminer · March 18, 2018, 11:33pm

Thanks. Is there footprint and model files available for xilinx artix 7 as well?

Rene_Poschl · March 18, 2018, 11:38pm

Well what package is this beast coming in?

xminer · March 19, 2018, 12:07am

xc7a200t fbg484 package
Thanks!

system · April 18, 2018, 12:19am

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