Hi,
I am new in KiCAD. I want to design a PCB which includes 50 times of a simple amplifier.
Each amplifier has an input form a 50 pins connector and an output to another 50 pins connector.
Do I need to draw the schematic of all 50 circuits to be able to make PCB? or I can just repeat it by numbering input and output accordingly?
Thanks for your help in advance.
Mehran
Do you have a screenshot of what your amplifier circuit looks like?
In KiCad you can draw a single amplifier circuit in a Hierarchical sheet and use the “replicate layout” script to even place the components for those amplifiers on the PCB.
I think though that you need to have a master sheet, with 50 copies of the sub circuit.
In Eeschema there is no real “array” function as far as I know, but you can make a block of a hierarchical sheet, then draw 5 copies of it, and then create a new block of those 5 copys and insert that block 10 times.
If you’re smart you add te wiring between those 5 blocks first, so it’s copied along with the 2nd copy operation. But I advise to first start learning how the hierarchical sheets work and experiment a bit with it before drawing the real circuit.
If you search this forum for “replicate layout” you find lots of hits to the script and how to use it:
https://forum.kicad.info/search?q=replicate%20layout
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