I am new to Easyeda, and I downloaded a PCB Breadboard I found, and I am having a hard time trying to align a 4 leg push button on the PCB breadboard. Resistors line up perfect and other components, but not the push button. Please advise
Thanks
Can You post a foto showing the legs of the button?
Usually using a plier legs can be bent a little.
You don't bend pins inside an EDA. You design a new footprint or redesign an existing.
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These buttons are in easyeda library but legs won't line up with PCB breadboard in the easyeda program not the physical breadboard
Well, could you please explain how to do that. I am new to easyeda thanks
A breadboard have a fixed pitch, the footprint you use have a different pitch.
pitch = distance between component legs, usually 2.54 mm or 0.1"
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First try to find another button footprint. Since there are real world buttons that fit, EasyEDA should have them too.
So how do I change the fixed pitch?
Could you give me a part number?
That's a complicated procedure my friend. I learned how to do it (still not good at it) in Kicad from guides etc. To help someone in a forum - simply no.
When doing the schematics, you get to choose footprints. It can also be done in the PCB editor. Don't ask me where you can do it, I'm just a mediocre Kicad user myself.
I haven't used EasyEDA (I've used DesignSpark) but you don't normally use PCB design software with a breadboard.
Normally you use it to custom-design a PC board and then you can put the holes & traces wherever you want.
Yes, but I want to use a PCB breadboard design, I want to take advantage of the PCB breadboard holes
@stspringer found a breadboard PCB online. I wanted to find or did find one for Kicad just to be able to get a glance at how to place the components, but it sucked since PCB editor want to connect nets, and that gets overwhelming.
Figures LOL
You would think youtube would have a how-to on this issue. I just started with easyeda design and you can't tell me I am the first person in the world to try and put a standard push button on a PCB board in easyeda LOL
Maybe no-one has spent their free time to compile and present a video on the specific topic ?
Well volunteered.
Well, you can bet I will if I ever get it figured out. I always share my finds in either pastbin or forums
You're not the first one nor the last, and this isn't EasyEDA forum, don't be silly.
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Is the mis-alignment the same if the buttons are rotated 90 degrees?
yes