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From YouTube: Shane's Lesson on KiCad
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B
Yeah
new
project-
and
let's
just
call
this
wessie
high
note
or
that's
a
let's
call
this
one,
the.
What
do
you
want
to
call
it
current
meter,
yeah
sure.
B
B
And
so
what
you
do,
is
you
start
putting
your
components
down?
So
let's
say
let's
say
I
want
to
put
the
at.
B
So
you
make
your
own
by
you.
Go
into
this
library,
editor,
okay,.
A
B
This
and
on
it-
and
so
you
just
make
a
new
component
so
we'll
just
call
it
and
then
say
it's
an
eight
pin
thing
so
I
click
this
over
here
I
drop
my
pin
in
and
we'll
call
this
power
pin
number
one
and
then
so.
I
would
configure
that.
However,
I
want
I
put
all
my
pins
in
there
and
maybe
it's
in
a
rectangle
or
maybe.
B
Yeah,
so
that's
that's
how
you
make
your
symbol
and
then
so.
B
And
after
you
bring
it
in
so
like
I
have
a,
I
have
my
library,
I
don't
have
it
included
in
here,
but
I
have
a
library
just
called
custom
components,
and
so
I've
got
a
whole
bunch
of
parts
that
that
I
maintain
that
I've
used
before.
B
Yeah,
so
it's
got
the
it's
got
the
atmel
chips,
that's
what
we're
looking
at
right
here
is
the
at
tiny.
So
so
you
saw
this
in
the
schematic
or.
A
B
A
B
So
this
this
is
the
the
atmel
ship
in
so
to
wire
things.
Let's
just
put
a
couple
resistors
on
there,
so
we
type
r
and
there's
our
resistor.
B
So
once
I've
got
it
selected,
I
can
place
I
just
keep
placing
by
clicking
a
resistor
for
my
resistor
and
then
to
wire
stuff.
You
just
do
oops.
A
B
And
but
there's
this
other
thing
you
can
place
global
labels.
So
let's
just
place
this
and
call
it
brown.
A
B
So
so
this
this
is
when
you're
doing
really
complex,
schematics.
A
B
This
is
to
place
your
power
ports,
so
that's
like
ground
or
plus
five
feet
or
minus
five
v
or
something
on
those
lines,
but
I
usually
use
these
references
because
it
doesn't
have
like
it
didn't,
have
minus
five
volts
in
there.
So
this
is
your
normal
wire
and
then
you
can
also
do
these
things
called
buses
yeah.
A
B
This
is
for
complex
designs,
where
you
have
like
a
whole
bunch
of
wires
and
maybe
they're
all
getting
routed
in
the
same
way
as
you
route
it
into
this
bus
and
then
the
rest,
the
rest
of
this
stuff.
Here
it
doesn't
really.
It's
not
used
that
much.
B
So
if
you
want
to
like
label
some
wires,
just
to
really
have
things
organized,
that's
an
option,
and
then
there's
these
these
labels
that
you
can
use,
and
basically,
if
I,
if
I
hook
something
here
and
then
I
copy
this-
and
I
put
it
here,
even
though
the
connection
isn't
drawn
since
they're,
both
hooked
to
this
label.
B
And
so
the
biggest
thing
I
try
to
be
a
stickler
about
is
when
you
place
your
component,
if
it's
like
scroll
over
and
push
e
to
edit
it,
so
you
get
a
little
thing
like
this
and
that's
this
resistor,
and
so
it's
important
to
always,
you
know,
pick
your
footprint,
so
I
click
here
assign
footprint
and
I
select
so
so.
These
are
all
all
the
footprints
or
the
physical
layouts
that
you
can
use
like
right.
Here's,
resistors,
smd
and
so.
A
B
So
there
there
I've
applied
that
footprint
and
then
then
I
put
the
data
sheets,
and
here
I
just
go
to
digikey
and
I
place
the
link.
So
whatever
you
want
to
like
see
like
oh
how
much
or
how
much
current
is
this
resistor
good
for
I
can
click
show
in
browser,
and
it
will
bring
me
right
up
to
the
stats
for
that
page
and
then
I
also
add
one
more
field,
and
I
add
just
the
digikey
part
number
onto
it.
B
B
B
So
that
that's
the
printed
circuit
board
design
part
of
the
software.
So
when
you,
when
you
go
to
the
pcb
design,
you
the
they
actually
go
back
to
the
other
design.
B
A
B
So
so
what
that
is,
is
it's
saying
that
this
net
right
here,
net
r54
to
pad
2,
needs
to
be
connected
to
this
here
in
order
for
the
board
to
be
complete,
and
I
can
even
see
down
here,
it
says,
unconnected
5..
So
what
that
does
is
the
software
doesn't
know
how
physically
things
are
supposed
to
be
connected,
but
it
just
knows
that
they're
supposed
to
be
connected,
and
so
that's
what
these
lines
are
telling
me.
So
when
you,
when
you
first
start
out.
B
A
B
Why
they're
called
a
netlist
so
once
you
get
into
a
pcb
design
software?
It's
it's
pretty
straightforward,
the
only
a
big
thing.
So
obviously
you
place
components
the
same
way
you
place
them
in
in
ki
cad.
So
you
just
click
the
m
key
and
you
can
move
them
around.
You
can
rotate
that
and
you
can
wire
just
the
same
way.
But
the
important
thing
is
that
you
have
your.
B
Nope
this
is
actually.
This
is
just
a
sub
program
in
ki
cad,
so
in
ki
cad.
When
I
double
click
this,
it
opens
up
pcb
mail.
B
A
B
Then
you
have
a
pcb
new,
which
we
were
just
looking
at
to
actually
design
the
pcb
get
a
footprint
editor.
So
when
you,
when
you
put
a
custom
component
in
there
or
something
a
component,
that's
not
already
in
the
library,
you
also
have
to
do.
The
physical
layout
grip
review
is
to
look
at
already
made
designs.
B
A
B
Nope,
so
what
what
this
is
a
gerber
file
is
something
that
you
send
to
the
manufacturer.
So
you,
don't
you
don't
send
them?
You
don't
send
them
this
file,
because
it's
it's,
I
wouldn't
say
it's
platform
independent,
because
it
requires
ki-cad,
it's
kind
of
like
a
well
so
this.
Maybe
this
is
the
native
file
format
for
kicad,
but
what
you
do
when
you
export
it
to
a
gerber,
it's
kind
of
like
in
solidworks
when
you
export
something.
A
B
B
The
tedious
part
of
circuit
board
design
is
making
all
these
components,
especially
when
you
get
to
things
on
a
single
layer
board,
because
none
of
these
wires
can
cross
over
each
other.
So
that's
why
you
see,
like
some
of
these
wires,
going
ridiculous
paths
to
get
to
where
you
want,
and
I
I'm
gonna
reshuffle
around
our
the
power
power
monitor
board
and
I
want
to
make
a
little
bit
smaller.
B
So
I
can
manufacture
it
easier
on
the
copper,
so
it
doesn't
use
up
as
much
copper
and
so
normally
what
you
do
on
a
single
layer
board,
which
this
is
and
anything
that
you
manufacture,
will
typically
be
single
layer.
Is
you
can
put
zero
ohm
resistors
on
your
design
and
say
I
wanted
to
say
I
was
coming
drawing
a
wire
from
here
and
I
had
to
get
over
top
of
this.
You
can
put
a
zero
ohm
resistors,
which
is
just
a
wire
that
goes
over
top
of
this
trace,
which
is
cut
into
the
circuit
board.
A
B
B
Design
rules.
You
also
need
to
make
sure
you
have
your
spacing
your
clearance
right
and
what
this
is
when
you're
milling
boards
is.
This
is
the
width
of
your
milling
tool,
because,
obviously
you
can't
cut
something:
that's
smaller
than
with
your
milling
tool.
Otherwise,
you're
going
to
cut
into
something
yeah.
A
So
so
that's
that's
kind
of
the
crash
crash
course.
Okay
and
what's
the
what's
the
best
piece
of
soft
piece
of
instructional
on
this
that
you
know
of.
B
On
the
log,
but
that
that
video,
it's
like
20
minutes
and
it
it
goes
through
like
before
I
can
start,
which
I
I'd
like
to
do
with
with
this.
B
Yep
so
anyway,.
B
What
it
stands
for,
let
me
see.
Okay,
I
know
what
you
know,
what
the
cat
is,
the
ki
part.
I
don't
know
it.
I
guess
it
didn't
even
say
on
their
website.
To
be
honest,
it's
probably
something
swedish!
Because,
okay,
I
can
it's
a
so
it's
an
open
source
software.
That's
designed
and
maintained
by
cern.
A
B
Yeah
yeah,
so
I've
actually
yeah
have
you
have
you
or
anybody
in
your
group
ever
had
to
do
like
any
videos.