Hi everyone, Please ignore this request if it is not allowed on this forum. I am designing a RF board with edge mount SMA connectors 732511153 https://www.molex.com/en-us/products/part-detail-pdf/732511153?display=pdf
I noticed that there are neither symbol nor footprint available for the same. Has anyone worked on it already and willing to share? Else I’ll go ahead and create it myself, though thought of the checking here before doing so. cheers!
looks like it’s already in the main library, though I suggest that you copy it to your own personal lib and make some tweaks to it there…
Wonderful! thanks.
I will tweak it in my library.
Also: Add some extra vias right through the pads. SMT pads without via’s are not very strong and can be ripped off the PCB quite easily by such connectors. Via’s into the PCB make such pad mechanically a lot stronger.
For batch production and automated assembly, solder wicking into the via is an important consideration. This can starve the pad of solder, so there is not enough to solder properly. For hand assembly this is not an issue, you just add more solder.
KiCad would typically use a very generic symbol and a custom footprint for this sort of part.
I would hand solder in a jig as there is nothing stopping it toppling during soldering.
Those pin "2"s need lots of bias around and ideally putting in a ground zone.