Kalih Choc Switch Kicad Footprints

[Aydenvis]

Where can I find some? Are they even different from the Cherry MX footprints?

[fpazos]

Yes It's different. I don't know if there are kicad footprints but you can check the specs sheet in kailh website

[DiodeHead]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wj7h7r838r9ai6a/kailh_low.kicad_mod?dl=0

there you go with all my love , it has no led yet if anyone can tell me wich footprint the led uses I can add it, I would make a test PCB first if you're really going to use it in a project, since I have no khail low profile I can't test it myself.

by the way, made with kicad 5, you should really update if you're not on version 5.

hope it helps

[Aydenvis]

@DiodeHead

Thanks, I'll try it and see how it works out.

[DiodeHead]

no problem, if you see any errors tell me so i can modify the footprint

[regack]

I've attached an older Kicad footprint that has the cutout space for the LED marked on silkscreen.  I had some of these made, they worked fine, even if I never finished my project.   I used 0603 LEDs and there was lots of room to spare within the cutout.

For reference:




I'm not on Kicad 5 

[marhalloweenvt]

I've attached an older Kicad footprint that has the cutout space for the LED marked on silkscreen.  I had some of these made, they worked fine, even if I never finished my project.   I used 0603 LEDs and there was lots of room to spare within the cutout.

For reference:

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I'm not on Kicad 5  :(

Your PCB look so fantastic. Can u share your work? I want to know what is 3 ics (they are the same, right?) on your PCB

[DiodeHead]

thanks I'll add the led then, I would bet those IC are for driving the LEDs, I'm curious too, do you have any links to your project ??

thanks.

[regack]

thanks I'll add the led then, I would bet those IC are for driving the LEDs, I'm curious too, do you have any links to your project ??

I haven't posted anything about it, I was thinking about starting a thread, in general, maybe I'll do that when I get some time, rather than clogging up this thread

Your PCB look so fantastic. Can u share your work? I want to know what is 3 ics (they are the same, right?) on your PCB

Those are 74hc138 3-8 decoder/demux, I was trying to keep the controller small and narrow using an atmega32u2, but I needed more pins.

[DiodeHead]

ouch T_T my module was made with love, but not accuracy, I did mine backward.

I haven't posted anything about it, I was thinking about starting a thread, in general, maybe I'll do that when I get some time, rather than clogging up this thread

Yeees post something, only a couple of pictures and the kicad files can help other people learn (me included doing footprints backward ¬¬)

regards

[regack]

ouch T_T my module was made with love, but not accuracy, I did mine backward.

I haven't posted anything about it, I was thinking about starting a thread, in general, maybe I'll do that when I get some time, rather than clogging up this thread

Yeees post something, only a couple of pictures and the kicad files can help other people learn (me included doing footprints backward ¬¬)

regards

Here we go : Failed Experiments : https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=97113.msg2652203