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I'm having difficulty trying to view the current schematic and PCB lay out. Is there an existing post that explains how to do that in step by step fashion?

The easiest way to view the schematic and the PCB layout are by viewing the PDF files:

Schematic: https://github.com/DeuceEFI/Jaguar/blob ... ematic.pdf
PCB design: https://github.com/DeuceEFI/Jaguar/blob ... ar-PCB.pdf

The PDF files may be a view commits behind since I don't generate them each time I commit changes, so for the very latest changes you can clone my Jaguar repository:

• To view the schematic/PCB layout in KiCAD:
• Download and install KiCAD for your operating system
• Install git for your operating system
• Clone my github repository:

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  git clone https://github.com/DeuceEFI/Jaguar.git

• The "master" branch is the last released version of the PCB so if you want to see the latest changes checkout my "dev" branch:

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  git checkout dev

• Open KiCAD, then open the 'Jaguar.pro' file in the 'Jaguar/pcb' directory
• To open the schematic, double click on 'Jaguar.sch'
• To open the PCB design, double click on 'Jaguar.brd'

Hi Andy,
The PDF links work well.

I have KiCad installed but it is a lot different from the schematic/PCB software I am familiar with. Also, Git hub is all new to me. I'm working on it but the learning curve is steep for an old guy.

You are able to get a copy of the repository as a .zip file if you don't have git installed

https://github.com/DeuceEFI/Jaguar/archive/dev.zip

But that's wasteful and means redownloading the entire thing each time.

I believe it is just the latest snapshot, which can be useful in many situations.

What happens to the automated Git watermarking if this is done? Please don't encourage blob downloads, it's not healthy.

Git's pretty powerful, but cloning and tracking a remote repository without doing any work is child's play.

Fred.

OK. Time to teach the child.

I think I have Git installed. How do I clone?

You should have checked "git bash here" option. If you did, make a new folder somewhere, called "repos" or "freeems" or whatever, then right click and choose git bash here. Then type "git clone <url>" where "<url>" should be replaced by the URL that you wish to clone. If you didn't check the git bash here option, then double click the git bash shortcut and navigate to a directory of your choice using the standard "cd" command.

I give up