I’m really new to KiCAD, and I’m trying to place a TRRS audio connector (left, right, ground, mic) in my schematic. I couldn’t find one in the standard library, but I see one here: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/blob/bf94f1e71176b62602beecb210cfc7be16a16cfa/library/conn.dcm#L33
However, once I’ve imported the containing conn.lib file, the TRRS connector still doesn’t show up. I’ve imported another library successfully before. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, or even if this is the right way to try to acquire that part.
You might need to rename your imported conn.lib
(Your old conn lib might have a higher priority then the one you added.)
Maybe try to rename it.
yes
The following rules apply though:
For symbols:
A symbol needs to have a unique name over all symbol libraries. If you have two symbols with the same name in the same library, kicad will complain. If you have two symbols with the same name in different libs, kicad will use the one from the lib with the highest priority. (The priority is determined from the position of the library in the component lib dialog. See screenshot.)
Something similar applies to symbol library names and directori…
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Renaming the library worked, thank you very much.