Bayan shekara guda na aiki tuƙuru wajen haɓaka sabon sigar, da Al'ummar da ke bayan KiCad sun fitar da sigar 9.0.0, wanda ke nuna babban saki na uku tun lokacin da aikin ya zo ƙarƙashin reshen Linux Foundation.
An gane KiCad don ikonsa na sarrafa dukkan tsarin ƙira, yana samar da ɗakunan karatu masu yawa na kayan lantarki, sawun ƙafa da ƙirar 3D. A zahiri, wasu masana'antun PCB suna da'awar cewa kusan kashi 15% na odar su sun zo tare da ƙirar ƙira da aka samar ta amfani da wannan tsarin, yana nuna fa'idar karɓuwarsa da amincinsa a cikin masana'antar.
Babban sabbin fasalulluka na KiCad 9.0
Daga cikin manyan sabbin fasalolin sigar 9.0.0 shine goyon baya ga kayan aiki, wanda ke ba masu amfani damar ƙirƙirar fayiloli tare da ayyukan da aka riga aka ƙayyade akan duka tsararraki da allon da'ira da aka buga. Ana samun damar wannan aikin duka ta hanyar dubawar hoto da kuma daga layin umarni, yana sauƙaƙa sake haifar da ayyuka na gama gari da daidaita ayyukan ku.
Wani sabon fasalin da sabon sigar ya gabatar shine Yiwuwar haɗa abubuwa da yawa a cikin da'irori, pinouts da sawun sawun kai tsaye a cikin aikin, kawar da dogaro ga fayilolin waje kamar fonts ko ƙirar 3D. Wannan canjin yana ba da damar fayilolin aikin su kasance gaba ɗaya masu zaman kansu, suna haɓaka ɗawainiya da kwanciyar hankali.
Baya ga wannan, da Shirye-shiryen da editocin PCB sun sami ci gaba mai mahimmanci, a cikinsu Ƙara kayan aikin Bézie Curver don ƙirƙirar haɗin kai daga karce, wani abu wanda a baya kawai aka yarda ta shigo da gyara. Bugu da ƙari, an ƙara shi Taimako don ƙirar tashoshi da yawa, yana ba da damar yin kwafin wurare da hanyoyin zirga-zirga ta hanyar da ta dace da ƙirar da ake da ita. Hakanan An gabatar da azuzuwan sassan, wani aiki wanda yana ba da damar tara alamomi daban-daban da sawun sawun ƙarƙashin ƙa'idodin ƙira ƙayyadaddun, inganta tsari da gudanarwa na abubuwan kewayawa.
A gefe guda, a cikin KiCad 9.0 Masu amfani yanzu za su iya gyara tebur a cikin masu gyara tsarin tsari, alamomi da alamu, da ayyana naku kurakurai da gargadi duka biyu a tabbatar da dokokin lantarki (ERC) kamar yadda a cikin tabbatar da tsarin tsari (DRC). Wani sabon fasalin shine ikon ɗaure ayyuka da yawa zuwa dabaran linzamin kwamfuta a cikin editoci daban-daban.
Game da takamaiman PCB da editan sawun sawun, an aiwatar da muhimman gyare-gyare kamar hada da mai kula da shiyyar wanda ke ba ku damar dubawa da daidaita wurare ba tare da kun gyara kowane yanki ɗaya ba. Ayyukan "tanti" sun kasance cikakke Don sassa na sama da na ƙasa, an ƙara saitattun saiti don nau'ikan Layer na jan karfe kuma an haɗa kayan aiki don ba da damar saurin sauyawa tsakanin waɗannan saitunan.
Yana da kuma ƙara zuwa tsarin ikon ƙirƙirar pads PTH tare da nau'i daban-daban na jan karfe a cikin nau'o'i daban-daban, kuma an gabatar da hanyoyi masu mu'amala don matsayi da sarrafa abubuwa kai tsaye, har ma da sauƙaƙe motsi lokaci guda na waƙoƙi da yawa.
A ƙarshe, idan kuna sha'awar ƙarin koyo game da wannan sabon sigar KiCad 9.0, zaku iya bincika cikakkun bayanai A cikin mahaɗin mai zuwa.
Yadda ake shigar KiCad akan Ubuntu da abubuwan da aka samo asali?
Ga masu sha'awar sanin wannan aikace-aikacen, ku sani cewa za ku iya shigar da shi a kan tsarin ku bin umarnin da muka raba a ƙasa.
Masu haɓaka aikace-aikacen suna ba da ma'ajiyar hukuma, inda za a iya tallafa musu don aiwatar da shigarwa a hanya mai sauƙi. Zasu iya ƙara ma'ajiyar aikace-aikacen zuwa tsarin su ta hanyar buɗe tashar mota (zasu iya yin hakan tare da maɓallin haɗawa Ctrl + Alt T) kuma a ciki zasu rubuta:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kicad/kicad-9.0-releases -y sudo apt update sudo apt install --install-recommends kicad
A ƙarshe, idan ba kwa son kara wasu wuraren adanawa a cikin tsarin ku, zaka iya girka ta wata hanyar. Kawai Dole ne ku sami goyan baya ga Flatpak. Don shigar da aikace-aikacen ta wannan hanyar, kawai ku buɗe tashoshi kuma a ciki za ku rubuta umarni mai zuwa:
flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.kicad_pcb.KiCad.flatpakref