KiCad Tutorial: How To Create Footprint And Symbol Libraries| Sponsored By PCBWAY.COM

Get ten 100x100mm one or two layer high quality PCBs for just $5 plus shipping from sponsor of this video: www.pcbway.com
Tutorial: How to create custom footprint and symbol for parts in KiCad.
KiCad Library Conventions:
klc.kicad.org/
Eventually almost every electronics hobbyist will have to design their own footprints and symbols for some parts, because ready-made ones aren't available. Once you learn how to do it, creating a simple but working part library won't take more than couple of minutes.
I avoided creating custom part libraries for way too long. I have spent hours of my life trying to find something that I could have created myself in fraction of that time. Now I am used to creating them and often I don't even try to find ready-made ones unless the manufacturer has published their version.
0:00 Problem to be solved
0:40 PCBWAY AD
1:23 Symbol Editor and Footprint Editor
2:25 KiCad Library Conventions
2:55 Creating Symbol
5:37 Creating Footprint
9:13 Symbol's Default Footprint
9:34 Testing
If you liked the video, please show it and hit the Like-button!
Check out my other videos:
/ hugatry
Subscribe:
ruclips.net/user/hugatry?...

[@Hackvlog]

At the end of the footprint creation, something happened in the video editor and the view didn't move to show the active area. I just drew a rectangle on F.Fab -layer. I don't think there's a need to reupload just to fix that.
BTW: In my previous video I showed how I draw custom PCB outlines: ruclips.net/video/QDdAOm_sUUg/видео.html

[@srikarbharadwaj8396]

Hey, great video.
Can you also make how to make the 3-D design for the components and how to use them in KiCad?

[@Hackvlog]

Thanks! Absolutely! At some point I will need the 3D model of a project and for that, I need to create 3D models for few components. I haven't done that before, but I know it's quite simple task. I will make a tutorial on it after figuring out the details.

[@srikarbharadwaj8396]

@@Hackvlog Thank you!