Re: Has anyone produced a board using Kicad?


DJ Delorie wrote:
fpga_toys@xxxxxxxxx writes:
I wish the gEDA integration was as good as Kicad at times,

It's a common request, and we're making *some* progress with it. Dan
just offered his first pass at a "mode menu" for gschem, which lets
you do pcb-specific things right from the gschem menu. PCB also has a
listener port for remote control. He's working on tying things
together in useful ways (like cross-selecting).

It really needs to be the same tool, one netlist, one symbol library
(with referencing a schematic footprint and a pcb footprint, with
common pin naming/annotation), and two physical windows (one for the
schematic domain, and the other for the PCB domain), with a common
working file which contains the physical "tracks" and object placement
for both.

That way when you hand route the pcb assigning pins, new parts and nets
show up as unplaced symbols and rats on the schematic window. And when
you add schematic objects and connections they show up as unplaced
footprints and rats on the pcb window.

.

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