PCB Design Course for Beginners using KiCad

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Digi-Key

Categories

PCB Design, Embedded System

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This is a course on PCB Design for beginners using KiCad. The course is handled by engineering superhero Shawn Hymel. In the first part of this series, Shawn discusses how PCBs are made and the benefits of utilizing KiCad as a design tool.

KiCad is a free and open-source platform which makes it great for learning how to make your own PCBs while still being powerful enough to do more complicated design work.

Course Features

Lectures 10
Quizzes 0
Duration 1 week
Skill level All levels
Students 9384
Certificate Yes
Assessments Yes

PCB Design Using KiCad 7

Now lets start designing the PCB for our project.
- Lecture1.1
  
  Lesson 1: How PCBs Are Made
  11 min
- Lecture1.2
  
  Lesson 2: Create a Schematic Symbol
  11 min
- Lecture1.3
  
  Lesson 3: Schematic Capture
  15 min
- Lecture1.4
  
  Lesson 4: Create a Footprint
  20 min
- Lecture1.5
  
  Lesson 5: Associate Footprints and Generate Netlist
  15 min
- Lecture1.6
  
  Lesson 6: Place Parts and Define Outline
  17 min
- Lecture1.7
  
  Lesson 7: Board Layout
  18 min
Ordering Parts and Soldering Components 3

Finally after designing you will learn ordering boards, parts and soldering components
- Lecture2.1
  
  Lesson 8: Generate Gerbers and Order Boards
  09 min
- Lecture2.2
  
  Lesson 9: Generate BOM and Order Parts
  14 min
- Lecture2.3
  
  Lesson 10: Solder Components to the PCB
  08 min

Digi-Key

Digi-Key is a privately held American company that distributes electronic components. Headquartered in Thief River Falls in the U.S. state of Minnesota, the company is the fourth largest electronic component distributor in North America and the fifth largest electronic component distributor in the world.