KiCAD basic intro tutorial (unfinished)

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  • 1. File/ New Project / New Project
  • 2.a. Eeschema (electronic schematic editor)


      a. Place components. Choose them according to the spec we have
      b. Wire
      c. Annotate components (manually or automatically)
      d. Perform electrical rules check
      e. Run CvPcb to associate components and footprints

  • 3. Select the right components for each component. Save
  • 4. Back in Eeschema. Generate netlist
  • 5.a In main menu. Pcbnew


      b. Read netlist
      c. Unmingle the components
      d. File/Export SVG. Select "All in one file", "Black and white" and just the layers that you need.

  • 6. To export drilling Gcode


     6.a. Within Pcbnew, Plot, Plot, generate drill file, Gerber file
     6.b. Gerber can be transformed into Gcode (Holge wrote a script for that)

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