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Title: Starting with KiCAD
Post by: ahbushnell on July 16, 2020, 05:13:51 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maaBkw7IRUc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maaBkw7IRUc)
Title: Re: Starting with KiCAD
Post by: wilfred on September 04, 2020, 12:56:13 pm
I've recently started watching a tutorial series on Youtube by channel "John's Basement". So far As a non-PCB design expert and noob KiCad user I have found it very useful and I recommend it to others like me. It is worth a look if you have (like me) just found it a bit confusing making a start having never used any PCB package before..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcQQQxoRl0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcQQQxoRl0)
Title: Re: Starting with KiCAD
Post by: NivagSwerdna on September 04, 2020, 02:13:57 pm
I also like the Joh's Basement ones... but for something with a bit more content...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14_jh3nLSsU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14_jh3nLSsU)

However it might be ruined by mid-roll ads now...  ::)
Title: Re: Starting with KiCAD
Post by: Benta on September 04, 2020, 06:29:16 pm
55 mins. of video that could be better spent just installing it and playing around.
Title: Re: Starting with KiCAD
Post by: johnboxall on September 05, 2020, 06:12:31 am
We went through Peter's course - https://www.udemy.com/course/kicad-like-a-pro-2e/ (https://www.udemy.com/course/kicad-like-a-pro-2e/)
Well worth the money.
Title: Re: Starting with KiCAD
Post by: Karel on October 13, 2020, 06:18:14 pm
Quote from: johnboxall on September 05, 2020, 06:12:31 am
We went through Peter's course - https://www.udemy.com/course/kicad-like-a-pro-2e/ (https://www.udemy.com/course/kicad-like-a-pro-2e/)
Well worth the money.

Thank you for mentioning it. I started the course this morning and so far, I'm very content with it.
We have to make the transition from Eagle V7 to Kicad and this course gives me a kickstart.

edit:
I finished 2/3 of the course and I felt confident enough to start with a project. Before starting with commercial projects,
I'll start with a hobby project to see if any showstoppers come up.
First little job was to write a script (ULP) that mass converts the generic devices (RLC) in my custom Eagle library to a Kicad symbol library.