I am new on KiCad. I want to import libraries of AD8221, AD630AR, OP1177 in KiCad how can i do it?
Find where the libs are installed in your package, typically it is
/usr/local/kicad/share/
Under windows it will be program files/kicad...
In the share directory there are a couple of directories
library = this is where the eeschema parts live
modules = this is where the PCBnew component outlines live
Now a word of warning, if you reinstall kicad, these directories will get
overwritten, so DO NOT store additional libs and modules directly in
them.
Create a couple of sub directories, mylibs and mymodules and put your
extra stuff in there.
Alternatively you can create these in your home directory and work from
there.
What you do next will depend on how you get the new packages. If they are
already in the form of a library then just put the libs and mods into the
correct folder and that's it.
If they are individual parts then you need to create a library and
import the part into it. Don't forget to save the lib.
You do the same thing with the modules.
Once that is done you then have to add the library to the project with
preference > library > add , you then select your new lib and it will then
become available to the project. You do the same thing with the modules
by using the same sequence when using PCBnew.
There is a section in the tutorial that describes the use of the libs and
modules. It is worth working through that a couple of times just to get
the hang of it.
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