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Offline redgearTopic starter

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How do I build a PCB from schematic?
« on: August 05, 2019, 07:07:22 am »
I followed few open source projects and duplicated their schematics  on KiCad. How do I build PCBs from this? How to decide the wire thickness, amount of copper, etc?

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Re: How do I build a PCB from schematic?
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2019, 07:28:52 am »




If you want something Kicad specific, there are a ton of tutorial videos. Just a matter of searching for them.

That should give you some general answers. Lots of stuff you just learn by experience. If you later have a specific question you can't find the answer to, ask again.
 
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Re: How do I build a PCB from schematic?
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2019, 07:53:15 am »
If you want something Kicad specific, there are a ton of tutorial videos. Just a matter of searching for them.



Covers KiCad 4, but not much difference with 5.
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Offline redgearTopic starter

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Re: How do I build a PCB from schematic?
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2019, 08:30:27 am »
If you want something Kicad specific, there are a ton of tutorial videos. Just a matter of searching for them.

That should give you some general answers. Lots of stuff you just learn by experience. If you later have a specific question you can't find the answer to, ask again.
Sure. Thanks

Covers KiCad 4, but not much difference with 5.

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Re: How do I build a PCB from schematic?
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2019, 02:05:09 am »
Oshpark.com is a good start.

Pcbway is a bit more complicated, but if you keep your design small, it's very cheap.  100mmx100mm.
 


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