How To Design A PCB on KiCad from Start to Finish (Easy Guide)

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on designing a PCB from start to finish using KiCad! Whether you're a beginner diving into the world of electronics or an experienced designer looking to enhance your skills, this tutorial is tailored for you.
In this step-by-step walkthrough, we'll cover the entire process of creating a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) using KiCad, an open-source PCB design software. From schematic capture to layout and manufacturing, you'll gain a solid understanding of every crucial aspect of PCB design.
Key Topics Covered:
Introduction to KiCad and its interface
Schematic design: Creating and connecting components
Footprint selection and customization
Netlist generation and component association
PCB layout: Placing components and routing traces
Copper pours, vias, and trace optimization
Design rule checking (DRC) for error prevention
Generating Gerber files for manufacturing
Overview of the manufacturing process
By the end of this tutorial, you'll have the skills and confidence to take your electronic designs from concept to a physical PCB. Subscribe to our channel for more in-depth tutorials, tips, and tricks on electronics and PCB design!

[@thomaspapastergiou3720]

My man u saved me aproximatly 50 hours of trying to find wtf i'm supposed to do thank you

[@vincenzoscopacasa2941]

me too

[@_trbr]

Great video for beginners to electronics. This video shows the order of operations very nicely, something many tutorials gloss over. Thanks for making it!

[@21thTek]

Magnificent !! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@testme2026]

Thank you mate love it!

[@F1a9b]

I understand that the point of this video is to teach KiCAD, but the SDA, SCL and ALERT signals should be connected directly to the connector. The resistors are pullup resistors, which means that they should be connected to the signals on one side (this is ok), and to V+ on the other side ! (Not the connector)

[@K2teknik.]

I did notice that twist too, but for the purpose of the video "How To Design A PCB on KiCad from Start to Finish" it doesn't matter.
But is was great fun to see the schematic in the datasheet and then " you can see what the datasheet recommends so you can see it recommends using 5K pullup resistors
....... so what I'm going to do is put this to the side and I'll reference this as I designed the schematic".
But haven't we all been there, datasheet recommends something and we end up doing something else for whatever reason.

[@TMS5100]

Copper pours?

[@zacharian27]

Whenever I open a project, the screen is filled with horizontal maroon lines and shakes whenever I move the mouse.

[@ValFolarin]

put the mouse on your head and close and reopen the app

[@zoeyzhang9866]

Informative tutorial this is! Would love to invite you for some collab together! Are you interested? (PCBWay zoey)