Hi I am trying to create the footprint for sony headphones socket. Could not find anywhere? Anyone please help. I am very new. I am attaching the pictures for review. Please help.
Please help
Where did you find this, ummm, lovely example?
i made this kicad. stuck with foot print of sony WH1000XM5 headphone scoket. wanted to test the breakage in the wires bwtween the two headphones
This comes down to the measurements. Do you have a link to where you got the socket?
i got directly from the baord. I will try to meaure it and update you.
it looks like the picth is 1mm and the pins are 16. Can you please help?
This is a teardown of that model headphones:
Are you trying to repair the connection to one of the flex PCB cables? Are you thinking a standard 1.6 mm thick PCB will fit into that?
that is also one the expectations plus checking the continuity of the cables. I think 1.2mm is right size but again it is not accurate. What to do next?
I’ve never made flex PCBs before but 1.2 mm sounds too thick for flex. A search shows that 0.12 mm is more typical. And it’s not going to be as cheap as a standard PCB. Are you sure this repair is going to be worth it?
no harm in giving a try. If it works great, if not then at least I learned how to use kicad
it is my test circuit for cable. Has nothing do with pcb of sony
Back to the schematic, I don’t see any current limiting resistors for the LEDs. Unless the LEDs are ones with built-in resistors (not common), you are making a nice circuit to kill a bunch of LEDs all at once.
oh not sure what is that but do you have symbol and foot print for that. I will update the circuit
Thanks.
That response makes me think you need to learn some electronic circuit design first. Search for “LED current limiting resistor” for tutorials on that topic. Unfortunately this forum is not for circuit design questions, only for questions about using KiCad.
Thanks for letting me know. Can you please help me to add footprint for the connector?
Many thanks
You have used two symbols for one component and are trying to use one footprint. That won’t work. You have to change the schematic using one symbol, or build the PCB layout using two footprints. If the footprint shown by Hayden, made with the footprint wizard, is correct or if you find one, I recommend reworking the schematic. But note that KiCad ties the symbol pins and footprint pads together using “pin numbers”, and the footprint above doesn’t work visually together with a symbol with consecutive numbering, unless you twist your mind using certain logic.
If you know the manufacturer part number of the connector you can try to find a ready made symbol and footprint for it. Otherwise you have to learn to use KiCad symbol/footprint editors, and you’d better go through at least the Getting Started Guide. We usually recommend creating your own parts instead of using some random downloaded ones anyway.
Just for fun, I tried an idea. Here’s a two unit symbol. After placing to a schematic each side (pin row) can be rotated and mirrored freely, so it’s compatible with both “top_bottom” and “counter_clockwise” pin order (see those names in KiCad symbol library “Connector_Generic”). It’s not compatible with zig-zag numbering, though.
Now components can be put between the rows. Here’s a corresponding footprint and layout (with a similar but not identical connector footprint):
