Hi,
I’m trying to open this .board and .sch files from the Olimex but .board doesn’t open in KiCAD(r.c.-6)
https://github.com/OLIMEX/OLINUXINO/tree/master/HARDWARE/A20-OLinuXino-MICRO/Hardware%20revision%20J1
When i try to open .board it returns with an error saying that : " Error copying project file template" and says "unable to find kicad.pro template config file.
What needs to be done in order to open the .board and .sch files
That’s not a KiCad project, they are Eagle files.
Okay but how do i be able to open those in KiCAD through that import setting ?
You need a textual eagle format, not a binary format, to be able to import it in kicad.
could you please let me know the procedure after downloading these files in order to open in the KiCAD?
I think the only option would be to open the project natively in eagle and saving as text format.
okay I will try. Any other ways to open in KiCAD?
Sorry some collateral damage from deleting some inappropriate posts. The forum software does not seem to allow undeleting
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I think i can summarize what was lost.
The main solution suggested was to use eagle version 6 or newer to save the project in the new text based eagle file format. (@Lakshmi indicated to have access to such an eagle version.) This would allow the project to be imported by kicad.
Another option would be to use geda (pcb-rnd) to import the file and either work with it directly or export it to kicads s-expression file format. (I am not sure if geda can be used to transfer the schematic side as well.)
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The newest Olimexino A64 board is completely made in KiCaD and can be opened as any other normal KiCad project.
They are not on the “made with KiCad” list for nothing:
http://www.kicad.org/made-with-kicad/
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