Session:KiCad for Beginners
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| Description | Learn to make your own PCBs with KiCad, a free and open source tool that anyone can learn. For total beginners. |
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| Type | Workshop |
| Needs signup (see description on how if signup is required) | No |
| Kids session | No |
| Suitable age range | All ages |
| Keyword(s) | hardware |
| Tags | kicad |
| Processing village | Village:Hardware Hacking Area |
| Person organizing | User:Cpresser |
| Language | en - English |
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| Starts at | 2025-08-09 15:00:00 |
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| Ends at | 2025-08-09 17:00 |
| Duration | 120 minutes |
| Location | Village:Hardware Hacking Area |
Workshop Description
Learn to make your own PCBs with **KiCad**, a free and open source tool that anyone can learn.
- Bring your own computer, ideally also a mouse
- Please install KiCad9 before the workshop
- KiCad8 or even KiCad7 are also acceptable if your distro does not have KiCad9
- Linux users can also go for a FlatPak install of KiCad
- Most distros have extra packages for the library, sometimes they are not installed automatically. Make sure you have them as well (does not apply to Windows or Mac users)
- kicad-symbols
- kicad-footprints
- kicad-packages3D
- The workshop consist of 15-20 minutes introduction and demo, then you will replicate the demo
- A handout will help you to remember all the steps
- Experienced KiCad users will be there to answer all your questions
- At the end of the workshop you will have designed a functional PCB
- It will teach you how to
- create a schematic drawing
- assign physical components (footprints)
- place them on the board
- layout (routing) of the board
- ordering
- and various bit and tricks
- It will not include electronics design stuff. We focus on the usage of the software
The handout for the workshop can be found here: https://gitlab.com/evils/kicad-workshop/-/blob/main/handout.pdf (you don't need to prepare it, I will bring plenty of copies)
Workshop given by cpresser
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The prices in the yellow boxes are the materials costs for participating in the hands-on part of the workshop.
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