Hey Guys! I’m quite new to KiCad and I’ve just run into a few issues regarding footprints. I play guitar and I’m trying to model an old fuzz face pedal with a few changes to suit my style of playing. I have a more modern version of the pedal which I’ve attached to this post. I’m just a bit stuck because the actual components such as the input and output jacks as well as the footswitch don’t actually sit in the PCB board itself and it seems that KiCad doesn’t like this. What could be a possible work around to steer me in the right direction? I’ve also attached my schematic for the pedal to give a bit of context, any tips would really help me out, even if its something not regarding footprints. Cheers!
Just put some pads on the board, to connect wires to.
KiCad surely has a footprint editor to create custom footprints (and it’s not very difficult to use either), but for a project like this it’s not really needed. In KiCad, mapping between pins on symbols and pads on footprints is solely done via the pin numbers. So if you have a symbol for a 3 pin audio jack, and you assign a footprint to it for a 3 pin header, then KiCad will just map those pins. It’s up to you to decide whether you want to solder such a header on your PCB, or directly solder in the wires.
If you want a bigger pin spacing, KiCad also has standard library footprints for bigger screw terminals and other industrial type connectors.
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