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| author | Fredrik Thulin <fredrik@thulin.net> | 2017-09-28 13:37:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Fredrik Thulin <fredrik@thulin.net> | 2017-09-28 13:37:22 +0200 |
| commit | 392b0e19d13b78387d3528dfba03388acd0ef5bd (patch) | |
| tree | 6dd1219c1de6a0c0299d7991f576fabd66283958 | |
| parent | 48758ee36d5a3da03cde03c3ef22042d71df2a18 (diff) | |
add new findings about problems with the schematics
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ NOTE: The latest stable KiCAD version as of this writing is 4.0.7 - it does NOT include necessary support for stitching vias. Install KiCAD nightly build to work with the Cryptech Alpha PCB. -The schematics are successfully converted. +The schematics are mostly converted. A few components do not connect with their +nets (e.g. C9 and C10 on sheet rev02_01), but maybe a manual overhaul will be +needed anyways at the end of conversion. A bigger issue is that no components +get footprints associated with them in the schema, so generating a new netlist +won't work at all. The footprints exists in some form in the PCB, so we only +need to figure out how to reference them properly in the schema. All the copper layers convert reasonably well. The challenges are mostly around filled polygons on the various layers. A python script (fix-pcb.py) |