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XESS Footprint Wizard
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This is a wizard to assist you in making footprints for chips having pins around the 
edges (SOICs, QFPs, etc.) and ball grid arrays (BGAs)

* Free software: MIT license


Features
----------

* Generates footprints for SMD chips like SOICs, SSOPs, TSSOPs, QFPs, etc.
* Generates footprints for BGAs.
* Generates footprints for through-hole DIPs.
* Supports extending the pads to make hand-soldering or probing easier.
* Supports the addition of thermal pads.
* Silkscreen outlines can be resized along with the addition of beveling and indexes for orienting the chip on the PCB.


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Installation
============

Just copy `xess_fp_wizard.py` to the `kicad/kicad/bin/scripting/plugins` directory.



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Usage
========

There are two XESS footprint wizards: one for chips having pins around the edges (SOICs, QFPs, etc.),
and another for chips with pins spread over an area (i.e., BGAs).

You can make things like QFPs ...

.. image:: pics/QFP44.png

or SOICs, SSOPs TSSOPs (even with thermal pads)...

.. image:: pics/SSOP28.png

or slightly odder stuff like resistor networks ...

.. image:: pics/742c163.png

or create BGA footprints ...
<commit_msg>Corrected installation directory for this plugin.<commit_after>===============================
XESS Footprint Wizard
===============================

This is a wizard to assist you in making footprints for chips having pins around the 
edges (SOICs, QFPs, etc.) and ball grid arrays (BGAs)

* Free software: MIT license


Features
----------

* Generates footprints for SMD chips like SOICs, SSOPs, TSSOPs, QFPs, etc.
* Generates footprints for BGAs.
* Generates footprints for through-hole DIPs.
* Supports extending the pads to make hand-soldering or probing easier.
* Supports the addition of thermal pads.
* Silkscreen outlines can be resized along with the addition of beveling and indexes for orienting the chip on the PCB.


============
Installation
============

Just copy `xess_fp_wizard.py` to the `kicad/share/kicad/scripting/plugins` directory.



========
Usage
========

There are two XESS footprint wizards: one for chips having pins around the edges (SOICs, QFPs, etc.),
and another for chips with pins spread over an area (i.e., BGAs).

You can make things like QFPs ...

.. image:: pics/QFP44.png

or SOICs, SSOPs TSSOPs (even with thermal pads)...

.. image:: pics/SSOP28.png

or slightly odder stuff like resistor networks ...

.. image:: pics/742c163.png

or create BGA footprints ...

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