KiCad Project Creation - Video Series "Getting To Blinky" KiCad Tutorial by Contextual Electronics

Here's a good Video Course on using KiCad, the Free and Open Source CAD Software. Part one and more links below...

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Download http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Download

If you are interested in a recent and solid version of KiCad we recommend to get it directly from this page. For Debian/Ubuntu/Mint/RedHat/YellowDog/Fedora GNU Linux users there is a good download/compile/install script that you can download below and run it in the terminal with the command:

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Introduction and KiCad Project Creation - "Getting To Blinky" KiCad Tutorial - Part 1

Contextual Electronics·13 videos

Published on Oct 20, 2013

This video introduces the new series called "Getting To Blinky" and shows you how to get started creating a new project in KiCad (the free, open source CAD tool).

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KiCad is available here: http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICA...

"Getting To Blinky" is a multi-part series that shows you all the steps necessary to move your project off the screen or breadboard and onto a PCB. The videos will show you how to use KiCad, a cross-platform and open source piece of software. The finished product of this video series will be a PCB you can purchase and build. Oh, and it will blink.

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  Creating Reusable Paired Schematic Symbols in KiCad (Like in EAGLE)

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  Many people dislike how KiCad decouples the schematic symbols from footprints. It is possible …
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  PCB Layout with PCBnew - Getting To Blinky KiCad Tutorial - Part 6

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  This video shows laying out the final circuit in PCBnew, the layout tool in KiCad. Using this tool …
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  Creating and Viewing Gerbers with PCBnew and GerbView - Getting To Blinky KiCad Tutor…

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  This video shows you how to take the design created in Part 6 of the Getting To Blinky tutorial …
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  Creating Footprints with the Module Editor - Getting To Blinky KiCad Tutorial - Part 5

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  This video shows creating simple footprints within the module editor in KiCad. Using this tool you c…
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  Part Association with CvPcb - Getting To Blinky KiCad Tutorial - Part 4

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  This video shows associating parts with common footprints using CvPcb. This allows you to choo…
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  Schematic Creation with EEschema - Getting To Blinky KiCad Tutorial - Part 3

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  This video creates a schematic using the symbol created in Part 2 of the Getting To Blinky tutorial …
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  An Example Of (Tiny!) Footprint Creation in KiCad

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  Creating a small footprint in the KiCad module editor
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  Symbol Creation with the Component Library - Getting To Blinky KiCad Tutorial - Part 2

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  This video shows how to create a schematic symbol in the KiCad library editor. This allows y…
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  Introduction and KiCad Project Creation - "Getting To Blinky" KiCad Tutorial - Part 1

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  This video introduces the new series called "Getting To Blinky" and shows you how to get sta…

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