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Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:41 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
Hello everyone, once again annoying but maybe this topic will help other people to understand how it really works.
The part about creating a kicad project and importing it to github I already understand. After reaching the end of git actions without errors I've also overcome that part, but now what I really don't understand is how to make the scheme recognize the modules and when updating the PCB it doesn't show errors that it didn't find any hellen thing or even other components.
I know the problem is in the library, but the question is how to correctly configure the Hellen library in our Kicad on our PC.
I think this topic should be well explained from A to Z of how to do it.
Thank you all.

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:11 pm
by AndreyB
https://github.com/andreika-git/hellen-one?tab=readme-ov-file#tldr says

"fork https://github.com/rusefi/hellen-example/ repo to get github actions and meta files" have you done that? What is the URL of your fork?

"make sure github actions are enabled/enable github actions on your fork" have you done that?

"replace xxx and yyy in revision.txt with name of your board" have you done that?

etc.

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:31 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
Hello AndreyB.
I already did this step. The problem is actually recognizing the modules.
My Github: ECU-tech
Repository: ECU-techPorsche88

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:40 pm
by AndreyB
What is the URL of your fork?

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:42 pm
by AndreyB
Bruno Ferreira wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:31 pm
The problem is actually recognizing the modules.
Please word this differently I am not sure what you mean

Have you cloned your repo locally? In your clone on your PC do you have files inside "hellen-one" folder?

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:14 pm
by Bruno Ferreira

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:21 pm
by AndreyB
I see a board without any hellen modules
https://github.com/ECU-tech/ECU-techPorsche88/blob/master/boards/ECU-techPorsche88-a/board/ECU-techPorsche88-a.png

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Do you have power_12and5V.kicad_sym file on your PC? Is your question how to use power_12and5V.kicad_sym in KiCAD?

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:27 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
AndreyB wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:42 pm
Bruno Ferreira wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 8:31 pm
The problem is actually recognizing the modules.
Please word this differently I am not sure what you mean

Have you cloned your repo locally? In your clone on your PC do you have files inside "hellen-one" folder?
I forked hellen example. Follow the steps of xxx and yyy. I created a kicad project. I copied the schematic and the hellen88bmw board for my project. I copied the project to my github. So far so good.

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:31 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
AndreyB wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:21 pm
I see a board without any hellen modules
https://github.com/ECU-tech/ECU-techPorsche88/blob/master/boards/ECU-techPorsche88-a/board/ECU-techPorsche88-a.png

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Do you have power_12and5V.kicad_sym file on your PC? Is your question how to use power_12and5V.kicad_sym in KiCAD?
I don't have any rusefi or Hellen-one library on my PC. And the question from the beginning is how to make the modules and the rest of the components of a hellen board recognized in my project.

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:39 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
AndreyB wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:21 pm
I see a board without any hellen modules
https://github.com/ECU-tech/ECU-techPorsche88/blob/master/boards/ECU-techPorsche88-a/board/ECU-techPorsche88-a.png

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The components you see on the board are the only ones that are updated from the schematic to the PCB without errors. The rest cannot be found because of the path of each component or module of the hellen or kicad6 library .

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:26 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
This is one of the examples I am referring to.

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:28 pm
by AndreyB

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:53 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
AndreyB wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 10:28 pm
Bruno Ferreira wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:31 pm
I don't have any rusefi or Hellen-one library on my PC.
https://github.com/andreika-git/hellen-one/blob/master/readme.md#q-i-do-not-have-any-files-inside-hellen-one-folder-on-my-pc
I have the submodules. But not on Kicad project

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:02 pm
by AndreyB
Bruno Ferreira wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:31 pm
I don't have any rusefi or Hellen-one library on my PC
I see a contradiction between your messages?

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:09 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
AndreyB wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:02 pm
Bruno Ferreira wrote:
Thu Jul 25, 2024 9:31 pm
I don't have any rusefi or Hellen-one library on my PC
I see a contradiction between your messages?
Sorry for the misunderstanding but I wanted to say that it was not in the kicad project.

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:16 pm
by Bruno Ferreira
It is in the repository but the problem is that when you open the project in kicad and go to the schematic and if you select a module and check the properties, the path to the hellen library of that module appears but it does not exist in my library.

Re: Hellen-One modules, correct way to kicad

Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:53 pm
by AndreyB
I would suggest talking to people who got it working on Discord, it's time for someone to remote into your PC.