I’ve also been blown away by how easy some things are, that used to take layers and layers of plugins a few years ago. Remember how bad it used to be to manage component libraries? That’s the worst thing from old Kicad that stands out, but I’m sure there were others. Of course it doesn’t help that when you search for advice, all the good tutorials are for an older version! The Kicad forums are great though. I’m in the same boat, trying to re-learn (again!) how to do things. I think the changes to Kucad _are_ making it better though. Posted in Tool Hacks Tagged LTSpice, simulation, SPICE Post navigation Or check out some of the Circuit VR series. If you need even more basic help, we have our own videos. This is one of those things that isn’t all that hard, you just have to take the time to figure it out once. Of course, the real value would be making even more complex components, but the potentiometer shows you all the techniques you need such as computing internal values and mapping pins to variables. Of course, at the end, you get to see how to actually apply the new component. To simplify making the symbol, the video shows how to read in an existing symbol - in this case a resistor - and then modify it to suit. Then the actual resistance values adjust themselves. However, using parameters, the component gets two values, a total resistance and a percentage. The component is, of course, just two resistors. To illustrate how it works, builds a potentiometer component that is not only a good illustration but also a useful component. The program has a lot of powerful features we tend to not use, including the ability to make custom components that are quite complex. If you enjoy simulating circuits, you’ve probably used LTSpice.
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