Hi,
I’m new to KiCad. So far I’be bumbled my way through making a schematic, associating parts and laying out the board.
I’m using KiCad 4.0.7 and WIndows 10 pro /64
I’ve deleted the link to Github for the libraries and am working with the default KiCad Libraries.
Now I have changed a diode from a 2 lead device to a SOT-23-3 CNA. However there is no CNA device in the footprint library. Only ANC and one other. So I watched a youtube tutorial and it showed me how to create a footprint, however I don’t know where the link for the diode Anode and Cathode pins is defined. Can someone enlighten me?
Thanks John
Also, my file C:\Users\john\AppData\Roaming\kicad\kicad_commmon still has a reference to github. should this be deleted?
It turns out I may be able to use the ANK version of the SOT-23 because the pin numbers on the mfg data sheet do no match the footprint library… I would still like to know where the schematic pin binds to the footprint pin,
They simply bind by pin number. You can change the pin numbering by editing the footprint. You will want to save it with a unique name in a new custom library of parts.
I think you can ignore it, I’m not even sure where it’s used.
ETA: looks like the Footprint Libraries Wizard uses it to store the last place github libs were downloaded from, the “Github repository” field in the “Add Footprint Libraries Wizard” dialog.