Library of Parallax parts - kiCad/diptrace/TinyCAD/others ?

pacman

Hi ya,

I'm looking at making some PCBs and need to schematic design as well as layout PCBs.

Does anyone have any libraries for any of the 'other' (not Eagle - I think my boards are going to be too big - I need to solder them (not surface mount) so they are going to be 'larger') packages out there that they would be willing to share?

I'm dabbled with all the packages above (as well as Eagle) but before I get serious and settle on a package, I thought I'd see if I can get a leg up by 'sitting on the shoulders of giants' (I'm no where near good enough to stand yet).

Thanks in advance.

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Leon

I've made Propeller parts for the Pulsonix software I use.

Leon

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pacman

Leon said...
I've made Propeller parts for the Pulsonix software I use.

Leon

I hadn't heard (or used) Pulsonix. A quick look on their website suggests to me that it's going to be expensive (I'm always worried when I can't find $ on a website - "If you need to ask, you can't afford it"). Not even on the local distributor can I find $.

Having said that, I'll do a bit more exploring (I'll download the trial and give it a kick about).

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Leon

It starts at about $3,000.

Leon

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pacman

Leon said...
It starts at about $3,000.

Leon

Thanks for that. Unfortunately I'll need to back away from that one. There is no way I do enough board work to justify that sort of $.

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Pavel

Advanced Circuits that sells Pulsonix also has a free PCB software called PCB Artist. It has well integrated schematics/PCB model, the netlist is maintained inside the application and you forward changes from schematics to PCB or back annotate from PCB to schematics. They just rolled out version 1.3 which allows multiple sheets in the schematics.

The component creation is easy in PCB Artist, but the out-of-box library could be more complete.

The catch with PCB Artist is that it ties you to Advanced Circuits board production (at least for first run) as it does not seem possible to generate Gerbers from PCB Artist (you'll get Gerbers with your order, though). Advanced Circuits gives nice discounts to student projects and their boards are nicely done, which is a situation that works for me. YMMV.

Post Edited (Pavel) : 11/10/2009 4:53:13 AM GMT

ElectricAye

I'm not sure this is what you're asking for, but I've used expressPCB for making a few projects and, to me, it seems like a smart way to start out without forking out a lot of money up front. Their software is all free but then you're stuck using their service (unless somebody out there knows of a way to translate their files into another format???) If you're not planning on going into full scale production anytime soon, I think this would be a reasonable route for prototyping and testing a few boards. If you want a component for the DIP Propeller, I've made one for it and used it without traumas or dramas, plus a few other odds and ends that didn't come with the original library. Let me know and I'll post them here.

www.expresspcb.com/

Reset_Vector

Hi Pacman,

Attached is the P8X32 library for the schematics and the PCB .
I use the PQFP44 footprint for the PCB.

It's for the GREAT FREE KICAAAAADD!!!!!
Try it if you don't know, you'll need 2/3 hours to discover it.

Check the pinout and the component symbol, i've just made it !

Good luck

max72

I started a library in Tinycad. It is a first early version, so be careful.
At the moment you'll find the propeller DIP and Surface mounted, the eeprom and the xtal.
Note the two propeller versions have the same layout. The SMD version has power supply pins superposed. This way you should be able to switch between a TH and an SMD version just substituting the component, but not changing anything else in the layout.

Note: Use the latest development version (2.70 beta) and NOT the 2.60. The newer version fixes a lot of annoying issues.

Massimo

Frohman

FreePCB footprint for propeller chip P8X32A-Q44

RinksCustoms

I've known "people" to "try" "full versions" of programs like Multisim Utiliboard 10.+