Hello, I'm planning on making on making a handheld computer using a raspberry pi CM3 so it can act as a GBA emulator for my partner. I am planning on making a custom PCB using KiCad and I have absolutely 0 experience. I know V = IR and that studying electromagnetism in university caused me and my classmates great pain and suffering. Is there any resources online to help me get started?
[https://pcbeditor.com/\](https://pcbeditor.com/) \- signup, no credit card required, currently in early user testing stage. Love to hear your thoughts.
I am new to pcb designing, but saw some tutorials and have an idea of the process from sch to pcb.
The routing size, via holes, trace width, and jlc pcb pcbA ordinary what iam struggling with and confused and lack of confidence.
Can I have few suggestions or a co employee with me ,(paid) not much who can work with me or help me to learn and finish the work simultaneously.
DM me Direct
Hi, my 3d viewer is not showing draw filled zones even if my pcb editor is showing. I am working on an MP3 player and ya it won't help in performance I know but its better to visualise with 3d viewer before ordering the pcb. Please help if you know how to fix it. Thank you
Just wondering if there are any potential issues with my footprint. This for a hobbyist PCB - adding a mod to a keyboard. There are two RAM chips out there, with the same pin configurations, features, but one is slightly wider than the other - so I made the "My Design" footprint that allows you to solder either the skinny Renesas RAM or the wider Alliance RAM depending on what you have access to. Any potential issues with this?
Hello, Folks!
I found Kicad is very useful even I'm not professional electronic or something.
I think I'm middle beginner: I know how to use the main/basic things, but for previous version of me or new beginners the current design is not perfect.
I thinks many people love that design, but I want to reorganize and/or simplify that, at least Plugin manager(honestly I don't like this Apply button, why I can't just click Install 💀)
Maybe there are future plans to improvements by main team? If not maybe I can make fork or at least start it 😅
Wrote a script to generate inverted colors for the schematic view in Kicad as I found myself often using the software in low-light conditions. None of the themes I found were good enough for me so I wrote a simple Nodejs script to load the .json file & invert the colors related to the schematic editor.
You can get the user.json I generated here: https://pastebin.com/raw/CppqmHAg
You can also get the Nodejs script here: https://pastebin.com/raw/nR9M441d
The script was not generated or derived by AI, It's something I wrote in 5 minutes and is in public domain, do anything you want.
Edit: The schematics attached in the screenshot are part of the demo projects provided in Kicad v9.
Edit: Thanks to u/ferrybig for pointing out mistakes in my code & for providing a much more accurate implementation of inverting colors. You can download the script with his changes applied here: https://pastebin.com/raw/iHZX4PUs (You still may need to modify the final background colors to suit your liking.) or you can simply download the theme generated after this change from here: https://pastebin.com/raw/HcqsNr70
In addition to the changes by u/ferrybig, He also pointed out that inverting alpha is pointless thus if you want to still use the original script, please replace return 1.0 - v; with return v; on line 23, for a better colors.
or you can simply download the theme generated after this minor change from here: https://pastebin.com/raw/wYABxbAs
New to Kicad (v10). I learn by doing so incrementally learning as I create a board I need. So far haven't touched the component creator so only working with parts in the library. Just ran across this issue though... the PCB footprint pinout for this 2x14 header is different than for the schematic symbol. I just expected it would match as the PCB footprint was one of the options for this schematic symbol.
So:
(a) I'm asking for a sanity check that I'm not doing something incorrect,
(b) what's the fix for this (other than -- of course -- redefining a PCB footprint)?
Thanks!
Anyone with experience of designing pcba for JlcPcb?
Tools, what to do, not to do
Alternatives to JlcPcb.
I'm making an alu-pcb with 0-ohm links as bridges over different nets. Is there a way to get rid of the rats-nest and incorrect DRC errors?
Same with USB connector shield pins, they are used to combine nets on my PCB.
Hello, KiCad 10.0.4 crashed while creating copper zone, KiCad saved schematic but not PCB file,
even in the backup which was created 5h before crashing.
I lost so much work, has anyone had simillar situation and knows how to restore all project?
By the way I noticed that kicad 10 and above crashes much more. What do you think?
Hello, i'm currently working on a project, and i wanted to remove all the solder mask from the board, so the board can look ivory white just like the old 1960-1970s boards.
Does anyone know how to do this ?
Thanks in advance.
Hey Everyone, Happy Sunday!
You can now download and update the plugin through KiCad directly using: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrcpuddington/mrcpuddington-kicad-repository/main/repository.json
(Add this to your kicads custom repositories and then navigate to plugins and click install.) Please delete previous installs of kobee studio first
Just pushed a pretty big update with a bunch of new additions:
Theres quite a bit to go through and i’m in the process of updating docs, but as always would appreciate you guys giving it a go and let me know if there are any issues. Enjoy
Cheers!
Hi, I have a functioning circuit on a stripboard (a simple buffer for a bass guitar) and a friend said "why don't you make it on a PCB it'll look much better, use KiCad it's easy to do" so yesterday I downloaded KiCad and now I'm bashing my head against the inevitable errors...
I have made sure that the connector wires are actually connected to the endpoints of each component (using Drag mode) and tried both connecting the component directly to the buses (top rail is going to be fed via phantom power through the Ring connector on the right, bottom rail is going to ground), or using bus entries. The audio signal from the pickups is going to come in from the left side (IN1) and go to the RING of a TRS output jack (which is also where the 48V DC phantom power is coming through); all grounds go to the sleeve of said TRS jack.
So the million Lira question is: can anyone help me figure out what I have forgotten/omitted/done wrong in the editor? Not looking for review or feedback on the schematic itself of course, just how to format for KiCad to be able to process it without error.
I'm using KiCad 10, as shown here I can't install the plugin for layout replicate.
Even I try to download it and save it in the shared folder, then go to Tools >>External plugins and refresh. it is not showing up.
Thoughts?
I want to start my PCB Design journey, Ijave strong in my electronics foundation but I didn't got a clear Roadmap to start PCB Design and What to learn step by step. Can anyone help !!
