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yet-another-average-joe
Feature request: footprint with 3D model for blackpill STM401CE
Hello YAAJ,
Your 3D models are awesome. Please add a footprint with 3D model for the new STM32F401CE models (which are the same, I think, as the STM32F411CE which are even faster and with more memory).
Available at about $3 on Aliexpress, they are becoming now the blackpills of choice.
https://github.com/WeActTC/WeAct-Studio-Product
(I am not affiliated with WeAct, just a maker/user, but they seems to set the tone now with blackpills).
Thanks, Zapta
Why not ? This STM32F4xx module seems to be a legit STM32F4, and should be supported by the Roger's Core. I only make footprints and models when I need it for my designs (very time consuming !), and half a dozen models are still to be uploaded (for two months...). But I will think of getting one or two next time I binge purchase from Ali.
Do you think the footprint and symbol would be good also for the new model linked on aliexpress?
No idea. Nowadays, everyone calls "BlackPill" something with a STM32 on a black PCB. There are tons of variants.
The model I shared is the first module that was called "BlackPill" by the community : https://stm32-base.org/boards/STM32F103C8T6-Black-Pill.html https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/boards/arm/stm32_min_dev/doc/index.html Years ago It was listed on Ali as "STM32 Minimum Development Board".
Just compare pinouts, layout, mounting holes and dimensions...
Just in case anyone still needs these symbols/footprints, I added them to my fork: https://github.com/piit79/Kicad-STM32
I might open a pull request later when I get some time to add the pictures to the README. Is that something you'd be interested in, @yet-another-average-joe?
Don't pull request for now, I'm unable to manage them ! (I just uploaded manually, as I never took the time to learn Git, and have no time for now)
Instead, I linked your Git in the readme, in the first place.
Maybe in the future, I will fork back your git !
I shouldn't have named my libs "Kicad-STM32" : I discovered later that there were many modules called BlackPill. A couple years ago, I searched about "BlackPill" on Google, and found that the one I had in the drawers was "the real one" (in fact the older one, described on the older webpage). The libs name is confusing. Should be "Kicad-STM32F103-Pills" for example, but its too late...
IMHO, you should do that : create your own library and name it with the MC name. On my side, I will probably delete the current one, and reupload with a different name. But not for now... (AFAIK, we can't just rename de repository). Worst : I switched to Kicad 5.99 (6), and don't use 5 anymore. I converted all libraries, and reinstalled Kicad from scratch. Of course, I have the backups and the repository, but I don't want to go back to 5.
Sure, no problem :) Although you don't need any Git knowledge to merge pull requests - you literally just press a button in Github.
You should be able to rename the repository - I know I did rename some of mine previously.