About

- Name: kicad-libraries
- Description: Collection of KiCad components and footprints.
- Version: 0.1.0
- Date: 2022-11-08
- License: BSD-3-Clause
- URL: https://github.com/janelia-kicad/kicad-libraries
- Author: Peter Polidoro
- Email: [email protected]
- Copyright: 2022 Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- References:
  - nil

Install Kicad

Windows or MacOS

Download and install.

https://www.kicad.org/download/

Linux

Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:kicad/kicad-6.0-releases
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --install-recommends kicad

Guix

1. Install Guix

   Install Guix

2. Install kicad

   guix install kicad kicad-doc kicad-symbols kicad-footprints kicad-packages3d kicad-templates
   

Setup Libraries

Configure Paths

Preferences > Configure Paths

Add KICAD6_USER_DIR to be path of this cloned repository

Manage Symbol Libraries

Preferences > Manage Symbol Libraries

Add library:

Nickname	Library Path	Library Format
Janelia	${KICAD6_USER_DIR}/janelia.kicad_sym	KiCad

Manage Footprint Libraries

Preferences > Manage Footprint Libraries

Add library:

Nickname	Library Path	Library Format
Janelia	${KICAD6_USER_DIR}/janelia.pretty	KiCad

Development

Install Guix

Install Guix

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/janelia-kicad/kicad-libraries
cd kicad-libraries

Edit .metadata.org

make metadata-edits

Tangle .metadata.org

make metadata

Edit files

make file-edits
exit