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Footprints are less of an issue than schematic library. If you need to say tailor-make QFP-48 footprint that might be some work but you will likely reuse it for
by ilyt 3y ago
Footprints are less of an issue than schematic library. If you need to say tailor-make QFP-48 footprint that might be some work but you will likely reuse it for multiple parts.
- crote 3y agoUntil you find out that a manufacturer decided to use a footprint which looks standard, but uses a custom pin numbering. The schematic symbols are right and so are the KiCad-provided footprints, but they are still not going to work together. But yeah, a lot of chip footprints are quite standard, or require only small modifications from those standard footprints. I do still have to hand-draw quite a few of them, but that's because my designs are usually quite heavy on relatively obscure peripherals.