Morning alls,
I start on Kicad, and I want to do a single pcb 100mm x 89mm , 2 sides with 2x15 fingers pitch 3,96mm with 2x15 wires without connectors.
Can you help me to do this project, there are no components, no need schematic .?
See an example .
Thank you.
This is a misnomer:
I see two “components”, (footprints) when viewing it as a KiCad project.There is one footprint for the connector on the top, and one PCB Edge connector for the bottom. And those connectors get connected with PCB tracks. And in turn this implies drawing a schematic.
Treating it as any normal KiCad projects with both a schematic, footprints, PCB outline etc keeps you within the “flow” of KiCad, and then this is an easy project. If you attempt to skip the schematic, it’s probably still possible, but it’s just more difficult to do in KiCad.
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Ok thank you, I’ve done a project, but “the file fingers” does not exist in library connectors ?
You will likely have to make that symbol/footprint from scratch for both components. A cursory look at the KiCad libraries shows there are a few stock edge connector footprints, but they are unlikely to function for your application without modification. So you are really better off making your own.
Do you have any drawing or datasheet for this device? You mentioned dimensions of the pitch and wire length, so measure the pad width and height and you can create the footprint from those measurements.
There is indeed a Connector_PCBEdge library, and it has the old ISA slot connector and a lot of others. You can use one of them as an example to create your own footprint. Making new footprints is very easy in KiCad. You basically make a copy of (for example) the ISA bus connector) change the pad dimensions, and then draw an array of those pads with the right pitch. Once you’re used to doing this, you can do it in about 10 minutes.
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Ok I have found all ISA connector, thank you.
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