Adding a Library to Eagle CAD

Quick tutorial showing how to add a library of parts to use on EAGLE CAD.

For my purposes I will be adding the ATtiny85 library to Eagle

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@NemesisContrer8

After a quick Google Search I found a nice library for the ATttiny85 on Eagle CAD's website linked here:

Eagle CAD Libraries

Create a folder wherever you want the library to be kept.

I kept my library in my DropBox under the folder called eagleLibrary

If the library downloaded as a zip file make sure you extracted it first before placing it in your folder

Otherwise just drag and drop the library to the folder we created in the previous step

Open Eagle under Options->Directories

The modify the path location to tell Eagle exactly the folder location and name where it will find the library. Note capitalization counts!

Mine looks something like this:

$EAGLEDIR/lbr:/Users/nemesisContreras/DropBox/eagleLibrary

This just means something like this

$EAGLEDIR/lbr:/Users/yourUserName/FolderLocation/FolderName

If done correctly you should now see the folder with the library show up

Right click your library the select Use All so Eagle CAD knows to use the components in this library