Quickstart Intro to Kicad - Design a board in 5 minutes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 2024
- 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 to quickly show you how to design a board - not to go into details.
There have been some changes to KiCad since I created this tutorial. Generate net list is no longer needed. And a pin header with 2 pins is called Conn_01x02. Search for conn_ to see the available options.
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Mine doesn't have "Generate NET list". Is that not needed anymore?
It's not needed anymore. After finishing the schematic (or after making a change), save and go to the PCB editor. From there you can click on 'Update PCB from Schematic' from the Tools menu.
This 5 minute tutorial gave me a better undersanding of kicad than another 25 minute tutorial I watched beforehand. Very well done!
Yessss
Yes. Some know how to just get to the point, and most do not… oh BOY do they not!
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Thats how tutorials should be done! Well done!
Oliver Suuster ☝️This 👍
I agree so much i really appreciate his work ^^
Maybe the most concise well organized informative tutorial I've ever seen
A TH-cam tutorial that gets right to the point without any fluff or other distractions. You are a hero, my friend!
Short, fast, essential, this is the only way tutorials for beginners should be done.
As others have said, this tutorial was just what the doctor ordered! I designed a couple of PCBs decades ago, and remembered it being fairly simple. I probably watched a half dozen or more tutorials before watching this one, and started a project, but I simply did not feel like I was getting anywhere. This 5 minute tutorial was better than the other 3 or 4 hours of tutorials I watched put together. There is a big difference between knowing how to do something and knowing how to teach it. Nicely done.
Thanks for the great tutorial! Have always been intimidated by PCB layout programs, but with your tutorial, I was able to make my first PCB. Really appreciate it!
That's really cool to hear!
Fantastic video - everything I needed to know to get working on my (much larger) project in just over 5 minutes. This was exactly what I was looking for!
Hey Oyvind, your tutorials are absolutely amazing, I owe you a lot for getting started with electronics!
Thank you, I tried Ki-Cad a while ago and was stumped. This give a basic idea of how to start and finish a basic project. Thank you again!
Glad you liked it!
Straight to thepoint, no more no less. I knew there were numerous steps necessary to make a PCB, but your video makes them less intimidating. Great!
Very well done! Short and to the point while still covering the main points.
This is such a concise and complete guide, I had to pause a lot but followed along! Subbed
Thanks for the quick tutorial! As total newbie to KiCAD it helped me a lot to design a NE555 based PWM fan controller circuitboard.
Thank you! Just made my first project. Thank you!
I've been looking for circuit design software for making reference schematics. I was drawn to Fritzing because of the visuals, but KiCad stood out as I heard it was better to learn in the long term (more professional use cases, and better for PCB manufacturing). Even though I'm not yet looking to make custom PCBs, great to know it's so easy to get started. Thanks for breaking it down so well. I'll be trying out KiCAD because of your tutorial.
OMG! You just made the best KiCAD intro ever. Bravo!
Haha, thanks! Glad you liked it!
That's awesome, thank you!!! Concise and packed with info.
Thank you! Great short tutorial. Please make more kiCAD tutorials.
Great tutorial! I finally understand KiCad design
Hey Oyvind, this video was a life-saver! I had KiCad install for about a month and I never used it until I saw your video. You spared me a lot of headaches - again! :) Thanks a lot!!
Adam Kotnik Hey Adam, that's great to hear!
Very useful tutorial, thanks! Never used PCB design software before, but this helped me design one very quickly.
Exactly what I needed to get started. Thank you!!
Ok that was awesomely simple and to the point
Dude...you're a lifesaver.
Thank you so much brother. This was simple but powerful tutorial👌
Nicely done. I now have a small board, my first. Love it, thank you.
Very short and informative. Thank you.
Perfect tutorial. Right to the point. Thumbs up!
Excellent explanation and illustration, great job!
WOW! Thanks a ton for this!!! This is extremely useful and easy to understand!! Thank you!
I love this tutorial so much..
good job, guys..
This was perfect as I was actually designed a very similar board (just replace the resistor with a mosfet, the battery with a JST connector, and move things around a bit). Checking out how to get it made next!
great video! so concise but also thorough.
Thank you so much! I've been struggling to learn the basics of EAGLE, but after this tutorial I think I'll be using KiCAD instead
Highly recommended! =)
Thank you sir, for such a nice explanation 🙂
I'm coming to KiCAD after using Fusion 360's electronics design software. This tutorial was exactly what I needed. A bit of the functionality has changed since 2018 but I was still able to follow the tutorial with no problem in 2022. One nice change is you no longer seem to need to export and then import the net list in order to turn the schematic into a circuit board. Props on the great tutorial it's held up really well!
Thanks! =)
Actually Dylan I need help finding the Pin Headers library. I cant find it in 6.0 version of KiCad.
@@okaytree7711 i found it under Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm
it was the 6th option for me.
@@mr.curlyfri thank you for responding! I looked it up too, I guess you gotta see how things change from version 4 to version 6
Thank You so much for the tutorial!
Thank you for a superb video.
Thank you very much for this helpful video.
Wow thank you for a great intro
This is golden, thanks a lot!!
thanks a lot, you+your video have been VERY HELPFUL, DANKE !!! please STAY HEALTHY !!!
straight forward! Thank you!
Kicad for the impatient. Great job! I needed some basic steps to transition from Eagle.
Glad I could help!
I thought Eagle was to choice to ask for job ?
Congratulations!! Very nice tutorial!
Short & Sweet!😊
Excellent tutorial - thanks
bro...you are amazing
Perfect to get me started tx!
Solid video i still use this as reference.
Thanks , very informative
Great video, short and to the point.
Regarding Kicad itself - I have little to no experience with PCB design, but Kicad leaves me with the impression of being several programs "under one roof", rather than one program.
Thanks! Yes, it is. But it feels like just one program when you use it.
@@Ohmify Here's an example of what I mean (please correct me if I'm wrong): when you go from Eeschema to Pcbnew, you have to explicitly import your circuit (together with footprints) by doing Tools -> Update PCB from Schematic.
Why isn't this done automatically? What happens if I decide to go back to Eeschema and switch a footprint or five?
Does this mean I have to redo Update PCB from Schematic again?
Eeschema and Pcbnew behave as if they're two separate applications, when they make the user manage this data exchange between them manually. IMO this shouldn't even be visible to the user, should be and automated process running under the hood.
@@Booruvcheek You're right that it works like that. I actually prefer to have control over this. I don't want my PCB layout to change until I say so:)
Very well explained !
Thanks, my friend!
Wow, that was efficient! Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Cheers, very useful!
very helpful thanks
Its motivational.. Thanks alot
Man you rock! Thanks a lot
THANK YOU. i've been trying to graduate from EasyEDA, and I could just not work out how to get my components on the PCB!
Thank you!
thanks bro for the video
Awesome man thankyou very much
Great tutorial..👍
What if you don't have components and just want to design a fanout?
Brilliant!
Great introduction!
Thanks! =)
Thank you so much
Thank you.
Vote up, nice video clip, thanks for sharing :)
To the Point, Nice.
This program is surprisingly straightforward for a circuit board designer program. I might someday try having a through-hole board made if I can find a small-run (i.e. 10 or 15 boards) facility. I could do something generic enough that it could be pressed into service in many different applications, like an X channel ADC for the Raspberry Pi, a "motherboard" for an Arduino Mini / Micro / Nano that has I/O expanders and such, or whatever else I might come up with. One thing I thought of, that I couldn't find an already-made board for, was a multi-MOSFET driver board (like 8 outputs) that had a shift register as the control / input signal, so an Arduino Uno would be able to control 8 (insert high current DC load here)s and still have plenty of pins to spare.
There are lots of places to buy PCBs in small quantities. PCBWay, Seeed Studio, OSHPark +++
@@Ohmify Is there a "best" one of those in your experience?
@@dickcheney6 If you are located in the US and want dependable shipping, then OSHPark is US-based. PCBway and Seeed studio are CHina based, but I've ordered from them and gotten my PCB in a week here in Europe several times.
I really appreciate your videos and have downloaded KICAD based on how helpful and well you demonstrate the use of KICAD.
I found it really easy to draw the first schematic, however, when I go into PCB mode I have problems with the wire not connecting to the component. So the components cannot be connected. It seems like the wire is sticking to the mouse cursor.
I would really appreciate any advice or even a youtube clip on how to resolve this issue. Again, thank you for your fantastic videos.
In the PCB mode, you need to connect it the same way as in the schematics. You should see lines that show which point should be connected to another. If you try to connect things that are not connected in the schematics, you'll get the behavior that it seems you have.
I use easyeda, and it is easyer for me and works great.
Thanks, indeed, short and very useful. Now, how do I use the layout to generate gcode for my milling machine?
Hi, I haven't done that. But here are some answers from other people: www.reddit.com/r/KiCad/comments/5zbaa8/kicad_to_gcode_for_pcb_milling/
ok, that makes sense... thanks.
Hi thanks for the video it great. But can you please tell the name if the background music used
It's made by Valentina Vogelman and is called "Big Start". I got it specially made for my videos by Valentina.
Aptly great app. ....👏
thanks
Any plans to do further videos on this theme? E.g. how to export data so it can be sent to a board manufacturer
No immediate plans, but comments like this makes me want to.
Is there an easy way to design a circuit with 50 components using KiCad? The ground leads need to be kept short as it is a radio receiver.
Well done. Your tutorial makes my first use of Kicad much less intimidating
can i import vector graphics?
Yes!
Cant find the Pin header library in KiCad 6.0.
How do you find the same stuff in a new version?
Help pls.
They've updated the names. A pin header with 2 pins is called Conn_01x02. Try searching for conn_ to see the available options.
@@Ohmify OMG you actually responded. You the best. Thank you! (I think you should mention some of these changes in the description).
I am unable to find the "Layout Printed Circuit Board" option under "Tools" in the menu (3:49) Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
It's now called "Open PCB Editor"
@@Ohmify ah alright, tysm.
Great vid btw
Is there part 2 of this pls? Thanks for a clear tutorial.
Sorry, there isn't. What would you like to see in part 2 if I were to make one?
when i put the option "3d viewer", Does the pcb apears with all the components?
Yes, as long as you are using components with 3D models (which almost all of them have now)
Do you have a video with the real product? Thanks!
No, sorry I don't.
@@Ohmify No need to apologize, I just thought it would be nice to see the real product, and I was wondering if you ever had that manufactured. It´s still a great video.
Great tutorial, short and to the point.
A couple of things I would like to mention though - in my version of KiCad ("5.0.0+dfsg1-2, release build", running on Kubuntu 18.10:1) resistor value is printed next to the resistor, not inside it;2) "LED" and LED annotation are printed horizontally, not vertically;3) I don't have PIN headers library, but I do have several libraries named "Connector_PinHeader_1.00mm", "Connector_PinHeader_1.27mm", "Connector_PinHeader_2.00mm", "Connector_PinHeader_2.54mm", they must have changed that for whatever reason.4) 3D preview of the PCB shows just the board, without components - no resistor, LED or battery connector.
The reason this is happening is because this tutorial was made with KiKad version 4 and you're using version 5. I fell into the same problems you did.
The last point about the PCB not being populated in the 3d viewer didn't happen to me though...
@@randomviewer896 Thank you for this information. As for missing 3d models of components, I guess I'll find out why eventually :)
@@Booruvcheek Do you have the Kicad 3d library installed?
@@randomviewer896 I'm not sure, but it seems I do -
(here's the list of KiCad packages I have on my system)
$ sudo apt list | grep kicad
kicad-common/cosmic,cosmic 5.0.0+dfsg1-2 all
kicad-demos/cosmic,cosmic,now 5.0.0+dfsg1-2 all [installed,automatic]
... skpped kicad docs, etc ...
kicad-footprints/cosmic,cosmic,now 5.0.0-1 all [installed,automatic]
kicad-libraries/cosmic,cosmic,now 5.0.0+dfsg1-2 all [installed,automatic]
kicad-packages3d/cosmic,cosmic 5.0.0-1 all
kicad-symbols/cosmic,cosmic,now 5.0.0-1 all [installed,automatic]
kicad-templates/cosmic,cosmic,now 5.0.0-1 all [installed,automatic]
kicad/cosmic,now 5.0.0+dfsg1-2 amd64 [installed]
kicad/cosmic 5.0.0+dfsg1-2 i386
I must have missed a step somewhere along the way when creating my first PCB, but never mind, i'll figure it out eventually.
Just need to play with KiCad more.
@@randomviewer896 Actually, I have looked at those packages again, and this time I have noticed that kicad-packages3d does not have "installed" next to it.
So I did a quick 'sudo apt install kicad-packages3d', and voila! Components are now in 3D viewer too. Who would have guessed you _can_ have the viewer installed, but not its assets.
So thank you for your suggestion!
How do I set the parameters so that I don't have to keep changing the size of the vias and track widths when I add a new ones?
Try File->Board Setup... and choose Net Classes if you want to define the size for the different nets. Or Tracks & Vias if you just want to set up some predefined sizes.
@@Ohmify Thanks.
Ahh... speed! Thank you.
Perform electrical rules check generates 9 warnings in this example. We are snapping everything to the grid, so how does anything generate a "Warning: Symbol Pin or Wire End Off Grid" error? And moving symbols or wire ends anywhere on the grid does nothing, the Warnings persist.
I remember a student of mine had a similar problem. It was caused by importing a project from kicad 6 into kicad 7. His solution was to just redraw the circuit. But might be better solutions out there.
I suggest you do a little update as v6 is slightly different. KiCad is really good!
It's on my todo list!
@@Ohmify Don't waste time, v7 coming out end of January, hopefully.
@@C00ltronix Yeah, I just heard. Won't have time before then anyway.
Good video, but in the 3D viewer it doesn't show the models, even doe they are turned on for the render. Why is that?
Most likely it's because the component you use does not have a 3d model defined - or that the 3d model can't be found. Click on a footprint and go into Footprint Properties. Choose the 3D Settings tab and look at the 3D model(s) defined there. If there is one there, look at the location of it and verify if that file actually exists.
Anyone who reads this comment, use JLCPCB to order ur board, its the cheaoest option i could find, easy to order, and fast shipping
But not cheap shipping, so no.
@Alejandro Pérez well depends what country
at 3:30 "perform electrical rule checker" in KiCad 7.02 it is giving me like 11 errors at every corner of the wire and at every connection, and the dashed line between the cells of the batter and even the line inside the LED.. what gives?
What does the error say?
How laborious for simple projects. May be OK for cookie-cutter common components. Can't just skip to layout board?
Yes, you could go directly to PCB. It's not as intuitive. You'd have to add footprints for the components.
which library are you using for the pin headers god damn it!!!
They've changed names since I made this video. Try searching for Conn_01x02_Pin in the library