Electronic – Are there Atmel and PIC libraries for Eagle

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I am using CadSoft's Eagle library with added libraries from Adafruit. However, I still see an overwhelming lack of modern Atmel products in the component list.

I'm relatively new to Eagle so I haven't the expertise to add my own components and I've searched and added some Atmel libraries from CadSoft's user library repository. This still hasn't helped.

So my question is, where can I find a fairly complete Atmel (and PIC) library for Eagle? Of course Atmel themselves are no help since articles found during a Google search of their site state they don't produce libraries for 3rd party software packages.

Your help is appreciated!

Best Answer

The answer to your question is really not the answer you want to hear.

You could use a search engine to search for user generated EAGLE CAD files for Atmel chips but you may receive files that are poorly designed or old. Unless the files are from a co-worker or a capable individual that I know: I wouldn't trust other files.

It's usually always best to generate your own library so you ensure your parts comply with the device's datasheet. Creating your own parts for EAGLE is a good skill to learn, albeit a tedious one at times.

I found this 2 part video series by Hackaday very helpful when I started getting into EAGLE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irE4oHB5fSc

There's so many other guides easily searchable online.