Getting To Blinky 5.0 - Associating Symbol and Footprint

[@mrmatz408]

I went through your first GTB tutorial years ago and loved it then. You've improved on your videos tremendously and I've really enjoyed GTB 5.0 so far. Nice job!

[@ThisMicrophoneSoundsCheap]

I'm glad you've resolved your audio issue, it was very annoying to me, to the point where I've downloaded it, spent a couple of minutes fiddling around in Audacity and stitched it (audio+video) back together, reducing overall quality but bringing down that radio noise by a lot. I suggest you should do it on the raw audio file, where you likely have several seconds of "noise sample" where you're not talking. It's very quick and easy but makes a night and day difference, I was very impressed. There's a wikihow guide with screenshots and if you like, I can email you mp3's I've made for my own use. I had no idea what I was doing but it worked. Settings that worked for me were: effect>noise reduction: (the beginning of the video as a noise sample), 20dB, 13.5, 6 bands. Cheers.

[@Aemilindore]

yei, i'd been closely following this. Glad to see the new one!

[@orrblue2]

For the 7555 footprint, why did we choose the one named SOIC-8 rather than SO-8? What does SOIC mean, and how are we supposed to know that when the spec sheet says SO8 we're supposed to use SOIC-8? I'm using KiCAD 8, if that matters.

[@msuguy71]

When using the Footprint Library Browser from the symbol properties, there is no component sketch showing as there is in the video. I just have a blank white area next to the list of sub-components. How do I turn on the sketch?

[@panaenrique]

Sorry, what does 1EP means?

[@RoastLambShanks]

What does 0805 2012 mean, what's that all about, why are we picking footprints with these numbers?

[@wizardOfRobots]

that's the size of the actual component(capacitor) you will be soldering on to the board. You have to pick a footprint with a size that matches those components. In this case, it's 0805 - 0.08 inch(2mm) long by 0.05inch(1.27mm) wide. Barely enough to pick up with your fingers.

[@RoastLambShanks]

@@wizardOfRobots Thanks, mate. I'm guessing 2012 is a year? I think in mm, so I reckon that's why my wee brain didn't make the connection that it was dimensions of the component.

[@wizardOfRobots]

@@RoastLambShanks Sure, no probs. I think it's the year the year the standard was made. it's called the 2012 metric. Not sure though.

[@longshot7601]

I'm using KiCad 5.1.4 and my SOIC-8 footprint is in Housings_SOIC. I don't have a Packages library but have a SMD_Packages library. It doesn't have the proper SOIC-8 footprint.

[@rickwood3251]

I'm using the same version 5.14 Select from Left LIB Menu Select from Right Menu

[@awesomo9k]

Really appreciate what you do, but these videos need a hard script. You rattle on about absolutely nothing for 3 minutes, then skip over important parts lightning fast. Really frustrating, and makes these videos difficult to follow for beginners.

[@chrisoman87]

Mate you can just use pause and rewind, its not live. Agreed he does go over somethings fast but you can always rewind

[@ozqar111]

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