KiCAD
Intro
Cost: Donations only
Objectives:
- Introduction to Schematics and PCBs
- How to start a new project
- How to make a new schematic
- Drawing a schematic
- Organizing the schematic parts libraries
- Adding a new component to the schematics part library
- Checking the schematic
- Assigning footprints
- Footprint library organization and management
- Adding a new footprint to the libraries
- Generating a new PCB board design
- Placement of parts
- Simple routing of traces
- Checking the PCB design
- Generating output files for production
Outcome: Files ready to be printed on any of the two PCB router machines.
Intermediate KiCAD
Coming Fall 2016
Advanced KiCAD
Coming Fall 2016