can't believe you don't have more subscribers... there must really not be many nerds in the world anymore.. You should reach out to Dave Jones.. see if you could do a partner thing
Good stuff! Excellent information! Seems like Kicad 6.0 no longer has "append board". But in any case, making the joined boards with JLCPCB costs #35, but making the two boards separately costs $8 each --- half the price! Bit extra work at the computer, but not too bad.
Very well thought out method and very well explained. Could you please post the mouse bite library. Or could you please do a video of how to make that library.
hmmm is the REF Things solved by KICAD in the meantime? because if i "export DSN" i get the Error "unable to export, please fix and try again - multiple symbols have identical reference IDs of "REF" .... indeed --- so panalize isnt possible? (specially for pick and place!!!)
Great video! It will help me during making my new project which will be manufactured, not only PCBs, but also assembly. I just have a question: It's possible to use small, local fiducial for BGA chip and 2 in the corners or 3 in the corners + small ones near high density/bga chips?
Great Video thanks. When you prepare a panel for assembly, and you append your boards multiple times as you did, can you just create a pick and place file and give it to the manufacturer? It's the first time I am sending for batch assembly...
@@MicroTypeEngineering yes, I know about that... but what I meant is that when you make multiple copies of a PCB and you refresh filled zones, only the original one still has them regularly, the other copies loose filled zones... at least in my experience, may be I make some wrong step
Ahh gotcha. Yes, that appears to be a bug in KiCad. I found that out a year ago or so. The solution is to create and array of the PCB, not to copy/paste.
Just what i was searching for, thanks. Keep publishing KIcad tips!
can't believe you don't have more subscribers... there must really not be many nerds in the world anymore.. You should reach out to Dave Jones.. see if you could do a partner thing
Awesome video! Clear, concise and your voice was easy to follow. Thank you very much for taking the time to create this.
Great video bro! I learn alot from your vids. Keep'em coming
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Good stuff! Excellent information! Seems like Kicad 6.0 no longer has "append board". But in any case, making the joined boards with JLCPCB costs #35, but making the two boards separately costs $8 each --- half the price! Bit extra work at the computer, but not too bad.
Very well thought out method and very well explained. Could you please post the mouse bite library. Or could you please do a video of how to make that library.
Yeah, I'm planning on doing that soon.
really great tutorial. Clear, straightforward to the point. Thank you.
Where I can find the penalizing library?
Jusy found gold, what an amazing channel, suscribed!
Thank you for the kind words 👍
Hey can U please make a video about how to panelization in kicad on the way V-scoring?
Please I am a noob
hmmm is the REF Things solved by KICAD in the meantime? because if i "export DSN" i get the Error "unable to export, please fix and try again - multiple symbols have identical reference IDs of "REF" .... indeed --- so panalize isnt possible? (specially for pick and place!!!)
Great video! It will help me during making my new project which will be manufactured, not only PCBs, but also assembly. I just have a question:
It's possible to use small, local fiducial for BGA chip and 2 in the corners or 3 in the corners + small ones near high density/bga chips?
Thanks for sharing this, the best explanation of making tabs
Glad it was helpful!
Exact video I was looking for. perfect.
Great video! Thanks.
How do you do this if your board edge is not a simple rectangle?
It's still doable, but sometimes instead of making an array, you move them by hand
Great Video thanks. When you prepare a panel for assembly, and you append your boards multiple times as you did, can you just create a pick and place file and give it to the manufacturer?
It's the first time I am sending for batch assembly...
Yeah you need to give them a centroid file. Typically it's for a single board on the panel, and then you tell them the offset.
Is there a downloadable library for mouse bites?
I need to start being better with uploading files to a repo.. That's one of my next goals
MicroType Engineering would be much appreciated 🙏🏼
Do you know where we can get that mouse bite library?
How to draw Vcut line on Board outline layer in Kicad
Just use any drawing layer, draw a straight line, then tell the board fab that it's a VCut line.
really interesting video! well, what about filled zones ? It seems they disappear, except in the very first copy of the pcb
You can turn them on and off in KiCad. It's much easier to design when they are turned off.
@@MicroTypeEngineering yes, I know about that... but what I meant is that when you make multiple copies of a PCB and you refresh filled zones, only the original one still has them regularly, the other copies loose filled zones... at least in my experience, may be I make some wrong step
Ahh gotcha. Yes, that appears to be a bug in KiCad. I found that out a year ago or so. The solution is to create and array of the PCB, not to copy/paste.
Is your mousebite library available anywhere?
@7:45 "It could cause a short or worse". Worse than a short? AHHHHH! (smilie)
Haha Fire!!!
you da man, Thanks. works perfect
You're welcome! A new version of this is coming out soon ;)
Good tutorial, unfortunately in my library i don't have the panelize option... how or where i can find it for the installation
Yeah, I made that part. I'll try and start a library that I share with these videos.
@@MicroTypeEngineering yes I've saw it but on my kicad i don't have the library for the mouse bites... can you share it
Hello MTE, great video, but without 'panelize' lib it is quite useless :-( Please share!
well to be fair you can make the 'tabs' easily in the footprint editor
KEY-Cad. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiCad