This tutorial will walk you through a KiCad example project from schematic capture to PCB layout. We'll also touch on library linking, editing, and creation. We'll also export our PCB to gerbers so the board can be fabricated. While this tutorial is aimed at beginners I am going to use terms such as 'schematic components' and 'polygon pours'. Create a file named PN2222A.lib with the contents of the above model and place it inside the KiCad TransistorSwitchSimulation project directory. Now that the model is created, we need to attach it to the transistor. Right-click on the transistor and select Properties… from the contextual menu. PCB Design Tutorial KiCAD PCB layout Fun Beginners. Summary： In this video, we have a little fun with the alphabet. Explaining KiCad PCB Design from A to Z. This video is aimed at beginners and people who are new to PCB design. At the top, you can press on what letter of the alphabet you would like to focus on :)If you ever have any questions A comparable analogy would be that KiCad is just a middleman between you and the simulation program, which could be one of multiple software called "SPICE". SPICE is short for "Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis". In KiCad's case, KiCad 5.0 and later comes pre-packaged with a SPICE program called ngspice. In this quickstart introduction to Kicad, I will show you all the steps needed to design a simple board in Kicad - in just 5 minutes. This video is intended KiCAD is a collection of sub-programs their icons are shown below: From left to right the first 5 programs are: eeSchema - a schematic capture program. Library Editor - a program to create schematic symbols. PCBnew - a PCB layout tool. Footprint Editor - a program to create PCB footprints. Gerbview - a program to inspect Gerber files. Jump to header matches. Suggestion: This program has lots of (209) shortcuts. Try our shortened list of 20 basic KiCad 5.0.2 shortcuts if you just want to get started. EE Schema (47 shortcuts) Pcbnew (107 shortcuts) KiCad Manager (13 shortcuts) GerbView (20 shortcuts) Page Layout Editor (22 shortcuts) email Is this page helpful? 0 0 During the workshop, we found that individuals with KiCad 5.0.x lacked the footprint for the switch, which was apparently added in the default KiCad library during the 5.1.0 update. If you need the 5.1.0 switch footprint library, it can be found here. Note that the library has been renamed so as to avoid naming conflicts within KiCad. Making Summary： In this post, I show you how to create a footprint in KiCad in a few simple steps. When designing a new circuit it happens very often to use components with not very common footprints. In these cases the KiCad core library cannot help us, so we look for the footprint on some specific platform. Design the schematic The abstract view of your circuit. Layout the PCB The physical view of your PCB. Associate Footprints to Components Export to Gerber format Used by the PCB manufacturer Create new symbols for non-standard components. Create new footprints for non-standard components. eeschema pcbnew gerbview cvpcb A pragmatic introduction to drawing schematics and designing printed circuit boards using #KiCad. Arduino UNO with KiCAD. This is a complete series of video tutorials on how to build a Arduino UNO [derived version] with KiCAD. We have choosen this example as it has fair mix of components, is widely known and fun open source board to Hack. Hope this helps you in learning KiCAD in depth. A