KiCAD for beginners

 

Follow along at:

http://slides.com/mage0r/kicad-1

 

Download Libraries at:

https://tinyurl.com/yaqeju5r

We are Making:

How to Solder Kit

Building a circuit

Getting Started

Create a New Project

Create a new Project File

Schematic View

A quick guide to Libraries

There are Two types!

Schematic

Components

• Battery
• Switch
• LED

 

• +3.3V
• GND

Schematic View

Layout and wiring

Assigning footprints

First, More Libraries

Assignment

Generate Net List

Laying out the board

Import your Schematic

Align Components

Edge Cuts (Basic)

Placing components

Traces

Ground Planes

Ground Planes 2

Design Rules Checks

Groundplanes (again!)

Tidying Up Text

Top Tip!

Making gerbers

Making gerbers

Technically, Plotting!

One Quick Fix!

Compress that Directory to a Zip File and away we go!

Thanks Everyone!

 

Questions for now?  Questions for next week?

 

Do we have time to cover Fancy outlines now?

Links

• http://gerblook.org
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