Manual for the Symbol Editor of EESchema‭ ‬/‭ ‬KiCad‭ ‬and a symbol library for EESchema‭ ‬/‭ ‬KiCad. Description of the files‭ "‬SymboleFuerKiCad31082009-RevC-EN.pdf‭"‬,‭ "‬SymboleFuerKiCad31082009-RevC-DE.pdf‭" ‬and‭ ‬SymbolsSimilarEN60617+oldDIN617-RevB-en.lib‭" All files are under GNU public license by Bernd Wiebus
Despite KiCad Program works very well,‭ ‬it is rather complex.‭ ‬This is the reason,‭ ‬why i wrote a manual for a part of this projekt,‭ ‬how do create and edit symbols for the schematic part of KiCad,‭ ‬EESchema.‭ ‬Also there is a‭ ‬describtion of a bug and a workaround for this bug. This manual is in the file‭ ‬"SymboleFuerKiCad31082009-RevC-EN.pdf‭"‬.‭ ‬It belongs to the version:‭ ‬EESchema:‭ ‬Build Version:‭ ‬EESchema‭ (‬2006-08-28‭) ‬-‭ ‬Unicode version and EESchema build Version‭ (‬20080825c-final‭)‬.‭ ‬Operation System is Linux Debian‭ ‬Etch‭" ‬and‭ ‬Etchnhalf‭"‬,‭ ‬but the behavior with windows XP is just the same.‭ ‬Due to the fast progress in the work of Jean-Pierre Charras,‭ ‬this manual could be obsolete in some aspects.‭ ‬An english translation of this manual is planned,‭ ‬but not yet ready.‭ ‬sorry. ‭"‬SymboleFuerKiCad31082009-RevC-EN.pdf‭" ‬is the translation of the‭ ‬german original document‭ "‬SymboleFuerKiCad31082009-RevC-DE.pdf‭"‬.‭ ‬Because my english is very bad,‭ ‬i sugest you to read the german original version. The file‭ ‬SymbolsSimilarEN60617+oldDIN617-RevB-en.lib‭" ‬contains a symbol library for KiCad.‭ ‬Despite there is olnly a limited possibility to draw schematics for EN60617‭ ‬with EESchema‭ (‬as an example,‭ ‬the wire conections are squares and not round‭)‬,‭ ‬i made a library with EN60617‭ ‬similar symbols.‭ ‬This library contains all often used symbols like resistors,‭ ‬capacitors,‭ ‬chokes,‭ ‬transistors and so on.‭ ‬You can use it like a painters palette for peripheral and discrete circuits.‭ ‬You only need a additional library for your ICs and for special devices.‭ ‬This can be done,‭ ‬because the structure of KiCad allows it to make the connection between a symbol and a footprint at a later step in the development of the board.‭ ‬Symbol and footprint are independent at KiCad.‭ There are also some chokes and transformer symbols for the obsolete DIN617. And there are symbols for wire-bridges‭ (‬jumpers‭)‬.‭ ‬Mostly,‭ ‬those wire bridges are zero-Ohm resistors,‭ ‬and so they are documented at schematic and assembly plan and also at the bill of materials. But sometimes you have real wire bridges‭ (‬at standart PCB and breadboards‭)‬,‭ ‬which are often poorly documented.‭ ‬This will be ok from a sight,‭ ‬who says that those wire bridges are normal wire.‭ ‬But because those wire bridges are landmarks for orientation during debugging or because the are an easy acces for measuring,‭ ‬it would be a pity,‭ ‬if they are not documented at the schematic,‭ ‬and so here are the symbols.‭ ‬I never saw a wire bridge symbol at any standart. With best regards: Bernd Wiebus alias dl1eic,‭ ‬Uedem,‭ ‬Germany‭ ‬10th.‭ ‬September‭ ‬2009.
