Hi,
I want to add some sensor electronics to Bela and it would be pretty great to have a 'blank' bela Capelet on top of the Bela Cape to be able to make the design in Kicad. Is this available somewhere? I know about some capelets made for the Bela Mini ( https://github.com/BelaPlatform/embelashed-hardware/tree/master/Capelets ), but I want to have one for Bela, as I use the Mic Bias.
Thanks!

Hi, I do have a Bela Mini footprint and symbol for Kicad that is ready to be shared but none for Bela, I am afraid.

However, the designs for the Bela capes are all public as Eagle projects. You can take the capelets as a reference and make your own library.

It does take some time but it is not too complicated since everything aligns in a 2.54mm grid (if I remember correctly).

    Hi adanlbenito I am interested in the Bela Mini footprint and symbol for Kicad! The only thing I have to solve if I use the mini instead of the bigger Bela, is the MicBias - but that should not be too hard..

      7 days later

      adanlbenito So, i think my more concrete question is::: can i pretty please have your Bela Mini footprint and symbol for Kicad 😃

        Oh. Sure. Apologies.

        We have restructured our github folders recently and I forgot to push this one.

        I have added it to the belamini folder in the bela-hardware repo, but I might change it to somewhere else to make it less confusing.

        Here you have: https://github.com/BelaPlatform/bela-hardware/tree/master/belamini/belamini_KiCad

        Let me know how it goes and if there's anything you may need help with.

        Happy to see one more person using KiCad, I am trying to convince everyone to move to it!

          5 days later

          adanlbenito Hey, super, Thanks! Took me some time to get back to this thread, so my answer comes a bit late..
          I'm a Linux user - Kicad it is!! Impressive software..
          ☺

            3 years later

            Hi there,
            Sorry for digging this thread up, but I have a pretty similar question.
            I am a little confused with how to best go forward:

            I want to build a custom capelet on top of the Bela multiplexer capelet and would love to get a KiCad Capelet Template, or something the like. If I am not mistaken, there are only Eagle files available for the multiplexer capelet, officially?
            Thanks a lot!

              noah If I am not mistaken, there are only Eagle files available for the multiplexer capelet, officially?

              That's correct, that design was done in 2016 and never needed updating so it's still in the original Eagle format. Luckily the KiCAD tool for importing Eagle projects is great and so you should be able to easily import it and turn it into a template or footprint to use in your next design.