Arduano - Hey just to shortcut all this rp2040-...
Hey just to shortcut all this rp2040-zero fighting, can someone please help me get a proper starting point on importing that particular chip into my board with through holes?
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The specific issue is that all the designs I'm finding don't seem to align through holes correctly
as shown here, the holes are aligned as a perfect rectangle (the inner holes, not the outer partial holes)
real thing for reference
the closest I've gotten is using this footprint string I stole from the rp2040 tscircuit package
stampboard_left9_right9_bottom5_top0_p2.54mm_innerhole_h23.8mm_showpinlabels
but that's clearly wrong
@Seve just moving here from the other thread
the kicad suggestion you sent gives me this:
the holes aren't aligned here either
is it a source repo issue or is the translation buggy?
ok I think translation is broken, here's another repo:
GitHub
GitHub - CountParadox/RP2040-Zero-Kicad: Kicad 6 Footprint and Symb...
Kicad 6 Footprint and Symbol for Waveshare RP2040-Zero - GitHub - CountParadox/RP2040-Zero-Kicad: Kicad 6 Footprint and Symbol for Waveshare RP2040-Zero
their screenshots show correctly aligned holes
CC @Techmannih can we get the kicad_mod import working here? Seems like a good test case for kicad-component-converter
you can adjust the width/height on this until it fits, obviously that's non-ideal but the footprint is parametric so it can be adjusted
@Arduano is it ok if we add your kicad_mod file to our test directory
we can get this resolved
i think it'd be nice if you could just import that file
this one? none of this is mine, go ahead as long as licensing permits
I'm only a beginner
ah gotcha, ok so if footprinter strings don't work, if importing doesn't work, then the other option is to use
<footprint> which takes a bit. That's why i really want the kicad_mod importing to workyeah I'll stick with this (with adjusted dimensions) for now, really didn't want to define a whole custom footprint just to make my first ever real circuit haha
thanks for reporting the issues, we've already merged two fixes and they should go upstream in the next 1-2 hours
is there docs on this footprint string? it's generating 2 holes per pin so it confuses the schematic
yea that's another bug
CC @AyushJ or @Techmannih this is a core/footprinter bug
like here's my size adjusted string
stampboard_left9_right9_bottom5_top0_p2.54mm_innerhole_h23.55mm_w18.53mm_showpinlabels
what should it be if I just want 1 circle pin hole per pinTSC-134 - Footprinter Bug with multiple holes in stampreceiver footprint
stampboard_left9_right9_bottom5_top0_p2.54mm_innerhole_h23.55mm_w18.53mm_showpinlabels
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you could remove inner hole?
or possible use
stampreceiver_ instead of stampboard_
i think you want stampreceiver_ in this case anywayI get no holes when I remove inner hole
stampreceiver_ works
nice
can I make the pads smaller though, they seem dangerously close
yea not a bad idea
does this look right?
no, the pins are backwards again
oh right
the test is right yes, the holes are wrong if that's the intention
anyway how do I make them smaller? finding docs/code on this is a bit hard
nvm I think I found it
pw/ph ?docs say
pl, though it leaves me with this
probably fine for now while I continue testing/learning
yea
pl is pad length i thinkpw/ph didn't do anything
this is the code def fwiw
ah yeah
btw docs wrong again technically, they say default pl is 2.4mm
Thanks for reporting. I am looking into it