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What is KiCad about? Starting with KiCad ...
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(259 ratings)
3,926 students
Created byRobert Feranec
Last updated 7/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • By the end of this course students will design a simple board and will get an idea about how KiCad works.

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Course content

1 section • 15 lectures • 54m total length

  • What is this course about1:32
  • Installing & Examples5:09
  • Starting a project, Creating Schematic Symbol6:16
  • Creating Footprint10:19
  • Adding 3D model to footprint1:52
  • Assigning Footprint to Symbol, Updating Symbol2:27
  • Drawing Schematic4:39
  • Importing Schematic into PCB and Placement1:36

    Learn how to import a schematic into a PCB design and place components, update the schematic, select and rotate parts, and connect nets for a complete layout.

  • Doing Layout6:13
  • Rules & Settings1:27

    Explore KiCad rules and settings, learn how to adjust mask openings to zero point one millimeter, and review default layer settings and rule options for your board.

  • 3D model, Updating Footprint, Assembly layer2:29
  • DRC Check2:21
  • Generating outputs: Schematic PDF, Gerbers, Drill File3:55
  • Generating outputs: Assembly Drawing, Pick & Place, BOM3:10
  • Thank you1:19

Requirements

  • No previous KiCad knowledge is required.

Description

KiCad is a very popular free CAD software to draw schematic and do PCB Layout. This course will help you to learn more about KiCad.

You will learn how to

  • Draw schematic

  • Create schematic symbol and footprint

  • Route a simple PCB

  • Generate documents to manufacture PCB

Goal of this course

The main goal of this course is to go through a board design process (Schematic + Libraries + PCB + Outputs) to demonstrate and practice all the essential KiCad features which can be then used to create more complex boards.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for everyone who would like to start designing boards or start working with KiCad.

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