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Pre-made KiCad Footprints

Carlo Bocatto
Prodigy 220 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TMS320F28027, MOTORWARE

Hi Everyone,

Does Anyone know if there is ANYWHERE that has the footprint for the TMS320F28027 MCU chip as found on the c2000 Launchpad version. I am currently building a PCB board and this chip is included in my design. I have already Google'd quite a bit for it but my searches keep coming up empty. I was just hoping that there might be somewhere out there that already has the footprint made that I could possibly use in my KiCad project. I have already checked Motorware  however I still was unable to find it.

Thank you all in advance!

-Carlo

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    Guru 192875 points
    Hi Carlo,

    Did you check the CAD symbols available here: www.ti.com/.../quality
    Are any of these compatible?

    Regards,
    Gautam
  • 0
    Expert 1335 points

    Hi Carlo,

    Thumbs up for KiCad!

    As Gautam suggested, you can find .bxl files on the product page. Then you need to use UltraLibrarian in order to convert them to the symbol and footprint files (.lib and .mod in KiCad respectively). Unfortunately, it's not possible to convert directly .bxl files to KiCad (at least I don't know how). There was a thread where we discussed the way how to convert .bxl files to KiCad files with the help of other EDA (such us Eagle) but this can be tricky. 

    However, if you just need the footprint, you can actually use a default one from KiCad libraries. There is a library Housings_QFP that contains LQFP footprints, in particular it has LQFPx48, 7x7mm, 0.5mm pitch. Seems to be exactly what you need. I personally have found this library reliable, I used LQFPx80 footprint from there for 2805x and 2806x processors and it all worked fine even for hand soldering.


    Just double check the footprint with the one from the datasheet (page 124).


    Hope it helps.

  • 0
    Prodigy 220 points
    Thanks guys for your help! It seems that those footprints should do the trick!!! we'll see though whenever I actually print out the board. Ill provide the exact one I used after I create the pcb.
  • 0 in reply to Carlo Bocatto
    Guru 192875 points
    Great!

    Goodluck & Regards,
    Gautam