RJ45 jack with magnetics and leds that is widely available?

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I have been searching for a RJ45 jack that has magnetics with leds and has footprint in KiCad and is available from DigiKey. I am a bit surprised how many footprint variations there are for this common component. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Kaj

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8P8C (aka RJ45) connectors with integrated magnetics are often called “magjacks”. Belfuse sells a wide range of them as do a few other companies.

Here are a bunch of magjacks from belfuse on digikey: http://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/b/bel-fuse/magjack-integrated-connector-modules
Here is one from Sparkfun: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8534

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Thanks for a quick answer. Yes, I have found many magjacks but none of them matches the footprints that are available in KiCad.

Hmm, as a new user it seems that I cannot upload images for examples…but e.g. for the Sparkfun part I cannot find a matching footprint in KiCad libraries.

Thanks,
Kaj

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Making custom footprints is something you should immediately learn how to do. Something like this probably won’t be in the kicad libraries unless you decide to submit it to the library maintainers.

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Indeed, I guess I would have done that in the time I tried to find the
correct footprint. I also found a guide how to contribute:
https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.txt

Stay tuned…

Thanks,
Kaj

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I found these Taicom RJ45 Magnetics connector really good price
http://www.anglia-live.com/products/connectors/modular/rj-integrated-magnetics/1368202001_100-base-1x1-tab-down-g-y-rj45