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Montag, 11. September 2017
Nokia 3210 Retro Fit Board Teil 5
Es ging weiter mit dem 3210 Board. Das Layout ist in der ersten Version fertig! Genauere Infos dazu gibt's auf dem Hackaday Post zum heutigen Fortschritt.
Sonntag, 3. September 2017
KiCad improved via management
Today I am putting out the first version of my KiCad via improvements. I created this during routing of my Nokia Retro Fit project. The board I wanted to create has this layer stack:
As you can see I want to be able to create micro vias on the layers 1,2,3 and 6,7,8. Using even the nightly builds of KiCad only allows you to place micro vias on the top or bottom to the adjacent layer below. so from 1 to 2 and 7 to 8. This where my additions come into to play.
I enhanced the user vias diameter and drill part of the Design Rules dialog. It now comes with more options.
The via class has those additional values as well.
Placing a micro vias during layout does not yet work as intended, but I am working on it. You can change it after placement nonetheless. So placing vias is not yet as comfortable as I would like it to be.
Editing a via after placing now gives you this dialog:
It gives you a list of all the vias created and you can double click to change the values below. It does not let you enter values that are not listed in the user via list. But you can select the "Add user via" checkbox to add your desired values to the list of user vias.
With this modifications to the KiCad source code I think I should be able to finish routing my DDR3 signals.
The issue with measuring the tracks still is on my list of things to do. Placing micro vias in a sensible way was more important to achieve though.
To try out the changes for yourself you can find the source code here
As you can see I want to be able to create micro vias on the layers 1,2,3 and 6,7,8. Using even the nightly builds of KiCad only allows you to place micro vias on the top or bottom to the adjacent layer below. so from 1 to 2 and 7 to 8. This where my additions come into to play.
I enhanced the user vias diameter and drill part of the Design Rules dialog. It now comes with more options.
- Via Type (Through, Blind/Burried, Micro)
- Start Layer
- End Layer
The via class has those additional values as well.
Placing a micro vias during layout does not yet work as intended, but I am working on it. You can change it after placement nonetheless. So placing vias is not yet as comfortable as I would like it to be.
Editing a via after placing now gives you this dialog:
It gives you a list of all the vias created and you can double click to change the values below. It does not let you enter values that are not listed in the user via list. But you can select the "Add user via" checkbox to add your desired values to the list of user vias.
With this modifications to the KiCad source code I think I should be able to finish routing my DDR3 signals.
The issue with measuring the tracks still is on my list of things to do. Placing micro vias in a sensible way was more important to achieve though.
To try out the changes for yourself you can find the source code here
Sonntag, 20. August 2017
KiCad Via Eigenschaften Dialog
Ich habe meine erste Änderung im KiCad Quelltext als Patch in die Mailingliste gegeben. Diese Änderung ermöglicht es den Via Eigenschaften Dialog dazu zu verwenden, den Via Typ, Start- und Endlage, sowie die Bohr- und Kupferdurchmesser festzulegen.
Ist der Netzklassen Durchmesser der Via kleiner als der angegebene Wert, wird eine Meldung angezeigt, mit der die Größe der Netzklasse übernommen werden kann. Das ist hilfreich, wenn eine Micro-Via zur Through-Hole werden soll, denn die ist meistens größer als die Micro-Via.
Der Patch befindet sich gerade in der Diskussion und wird eventuell in leicht abgeänderter Form in der nächsten Zeit integriert.
Wer den Dialog selbst mal ausprobieren möchte, findet das Projekt hier.
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Der Patch befindet sich gerade in der Diskussion und wird eventuell in leicht abgeänderter Form in der nächsten Zeit integriert.
Wer den Dialog selbst mal ausprobieren möchte, findet das Projekt hier.
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