slimcdk / kicad-libraries

Symbols, footprints and 3d-models used in various of my projects.

KiCAD Library Collection

This repository contains all symbols, footprints and 3d models I use with KiCAD. Some are manually created and some are autogenerated / converted from other format.

How to use

Clone this repository to your computer and add those symbols and footprints you need. I personally use git for all KiCAD projects and therefore often include this repo as a git submodule within the projects source code.

$ git submodule add [email protected]:slimcdk/kicad-libraries.git
$ git submodule update --init --recursive

Project configurations

Environment variables

To include 3d models, configure the following environment variables in your project. library is the absolutte path to where this repository lives on your system.

SLIMC_3DMODELS=<library>/slimc/3d-packages
ESPRESSIF_3DMODELS=<library>/espressif-kicad-libraries/3dmodels/espressif.3dshapes

I'm actively searching for a dynamic way to point to these directories.

Update notifications

If you are like me and keep everything in git and automate everything, I can recommend dependabot to inform you about changes to this repository. Add this to .github/dependabot.yml

version: 2
updates:
  - package-ecosystem: "gitsubmodule"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
      interval: "monthly"

Generated libraries

GitHub Actions will periodically regenerate / update the auto-generated libaries.

External Libraries

• https://github.com/espressif/kicad-libraries.git

• https://github.com/Digi-Key/digikey-kicad-library.git

• https://github.com/Digi-Key/digikey-partner-kicad-library.git

• https://github.com/Gekkio/gekkio-kicad-libs.git

• https://github.com/uPesy/easyeda2kicad.py