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The schematic and 3D libraries for KiCad 4.0. Note that the footprint libraries are the *.pretty repos themselves. This is an orphaned repo, the news about the v5 libs, http://kicad.org/post/kicad-official-libraries/.
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No *431 precision adjustable reference in KiCad library? #760

Closed evanshultz closed 8 years ago

evanshultz commented 8 years ago

I don't see TL431, TL432, TLV431, ZR431, etc. in the KiCad tool or a search of this GH repo. This is a super common part used in numerous power supplies. Probably the majority of them ever made.

I'd love to contribute this part to the library but I'm concerned I'm daft and have missed the part. It's so common, I have trouble believing it's really not there. Can anyone confirm it is, in fact, missing?

jkriege2 commented 8 years ago

Hi!

have a look into the reference.lib ... There are several options of TL431 in different packages ... Possibly you'll have to update the libs from GitHub.

cu JAN

SchrodingersGat commented 8 years ago

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@evanshultz looks like there are some matching parts in references.lib

evanshultz commented 8 years ago

Wow, I really must be losing it. Thank you. I suspected they must be there.

I started by checking out my local PC. I found the library is on my PC but it's not available in the list of libraries, even after manually adding the path. Searching online I found this and this which helped me get all the libraries in Eeschema. Even after adding the path, I still need to manually add the individual libraries.

After this, I was able to add the TL431. Thank you!

So why aren't all the libraries made available by default? And is there no method to push/pull libs based on a GH update or by polling, and then automatically update the local KiCad installation to reflect the library updates? If not automatic, what about a manual method?

This may be a KiCad problem and not a library problem, so I understand if this is the wrong place for this question. If someone can help me better understand library management in KiCad, however, that would be great. Thank you!

diggit commented 8 years ago

@evanshultz symbols Because kicad installation carries old libraries (at least stable release), you have to clone current version and manually add its' path to your project. Then you can delete old entries and add all from cloned repository. Manual method is possible: git pull . If there is better way, correct me.

footprint You can find current fp-lib-table in this repo. Git variant update automatically.

If there is something unclear, mention my name (@diggit ) in message.