Standard library lacks footprints for common parts
The standard library has no footprint for several common parts, including rectangular test points and an SMT PLCC-32 socket.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 11 April 2020 · last reported 19 November 2025
What's going wrong
Designers of electronics find that the KiCad standard footprint library is missing footprints for parts they regularly need.
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