A thread for custom or just useful KiCad footprints and models for peoples designing PCBs.
I’d like to start by asking @lookmumnocomputer about the footprint for the jack sockets used in the 1222 VCO PCB.
Where did you get it? Is it in the standard library that comes with KiCad? If so, which part is it?
If you created the footrint yourself, can you post it here?
If if was from a library you found online, can you point us to it?
Thanks!
hello of course! I couldn’t find one that fit so I had to make it here we go! it wont let me attach it https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytg383s7eeg6sj1/Jack_6.5mm%20LMNC.kicad_mod?dl=0
I know it’s not necessarily a build, but (and I think I asked for this before) I’d like to see a builder’s livestream about using Kicad!
Great, thank you Sam!
They don’t have LMNC’s energy, but these are nice and easy KiCad tutorials:
Notes and Volts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuek-NyDaWo (part 1 of 4 )
DigiKey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaCVh2SAZY4 (part 1 of 10 )
FYI to use the footprint that Sam provided above, create a folder called e.g. LMNC.pretty and copy the “Jack_6.5mm LMNC.kicad_mod” file in it then use the Preference->Manage Footprint Libraries to add that directory/library to your project library list (or globally).
Just to be on the safe side I replaced the space in the filename with an underscore, but it is not necessary.
Edit: The footprint can be used with the AudioJack2_Ground_Switch schematic symbol from the Connector library.
max ok it is on! I will waiver the fact that its on a computer for a livestream of course haha. any aspect of it in particular? I mean maybe the next time Im working on putting a module onto kicad I could do it, its rather time consuming and I do it in rather dotted sections but yeah maybe worth a go! keep an eye out for them 
Oh hell yeah, I would love a crash course in KiCAD. Maybe something for the seriousish channel in parts, building a module from schematic to panel if you had the time!
Anything you have on the roster would be instructive, and I think everyone on the board would agree it would be the shizzle! If the ADSR or the 2xVCA are already laid out then the mixer or something-whichever needs to get done.
Like to see the Braids PCB/front panel resized for Kosmo.
Has this footprint been used successfully with the 1/4" jacks from Tayda (https://www.taydaelectronics.com/6-35mm-1-4-stereo-phone-jack.html)?
And anyone have footprints for these
https://www.taydaelectronics.com/mini-toggle-switch-spdt-on-on.html
or for any of the SPST momentary push buttons Tayda sells?
I tai nk both of those are a yes. they look like they are the same fit. and I guess some people have used those on my other circuit boards. on those footprints
Looks like it’s not quite a match. Here it is (I changed the pad names to correspond with the symbol I’m using) with the datasheet drawing overlaid.
I used tayda jacks on Sam’s modules and also made the footprint Myself off the tayda specs. Both fit no prob
If you want to make your own to learn it’s not too difficult! Just set yourself up on some graph paper
And +1 for the digikey tutorials by guy name Sean.
I prefer your footprints, because they have a mark at the center, which makes positioning a lot easier!
Yes, that was another reason I did my own footprint. Especially good when you’re fabbing a panel too and kind of want them lined up with the holes.
Anyone have footprints for SPST/SPDT, and DPDT toggle switches?
