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Start Here
Let's go! What, where, how
Start HERE! The project we'll do, getting the most out of this, and where to go next.
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Beginner Project
New to KiCad? Come in!
A quick tour doing a tiny, but full, project with schem and printed circuit board in just a few minutes
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Setting Up
Set up and start
We'll setup our basic settings and project space
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Version Control
4 ways to git for change tracking
For collaboration and saving your butt!
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Planning + Arch
Making a plan and designing architecture
Hardware to play with, requirements and architecture
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Great Schematics
Rules for rockin' schematics
Schematics are about communicating and this gets into how I use KiCad to create great schematics
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Hierarchies
Cool ways to leverage hierarchical sheets
Three ways to use magical modularity
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Kicad Flow
THE tool to stay in the zone for Maximum KiCad
A key element to flow with KiCad
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Adding Components
A lot more to adding components
The surprising depth of symbol adding: more interesting than you'd have thought
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Nets and Labels
Labels: make things clear and all sorts of magic
We'll cover the why and how of 4 out of the 5 types of labels
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Buses
Jump on the bus: bundles of wires carry heavy loads
Reduce clutter, increase clarity: we finish the arch thanks to buses
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Buses II
Bus aliasing and some useful tricks
Putting aliases into action wiring up term blocks and annotation symbols
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Power and USB
Wiring up power reg and switchover, and USB
Laying down our first circuits
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ERC
Avoid dumb mistakes
Getting to know and using ERC
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Net Classes
Grouping signals by type 
Helps in routing PCBs and also clarifies schematics
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Serial + Switches
USB serial and debounced switches
All walk-through here, as we lay down some interesting circuitry for the CP2102 USB to serial chip and a couple of on-board switches.
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Custom Footprints
How symbols map to reality and making our own
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Symbol Units
Some symbols are split into many units
This can make the layout more logical but comes with some minor caveats. The walk-through also introduces net ties while wiring up the...
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Custom Symbols
Getting and storing custom symbols
Where to get symbols and building up your custom libs
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Custom Symbols II
Fast creation, units, alternate pin functions
Making the nRF54L MCU symbol, using a host of tricks and features to do it easily and leverage all the latest KiCad cool, discussed...
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Quicker Symbols
Dropping symbols in half the moves
A little hack that saves a few clicks for every resistor, capacitor and inductor dropped in a schem...
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Syms from Scratch
Datasheet to symbol
There's a (way) better way to create custom symbols by hand, even if starting with just a datasheet
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Net Classes II
Directive labels and rule areas
Allow effective communication and ease
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BOM Checks
Using the BOM 
More than just for ordering parts
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Schem Fixes
Passing ERC
Finishing up the schem and making ERC happy
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Schem To PCB
Moving to the next phase
Closing schem and dangling bits to cover
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Layout Phases
The big four of layout
Getting physical and in shape
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PCBnew Setup
Setting up the playground
From absmax to classy nets
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Constraints
Clinching constraints
Choose constraints and netclasses well and life will be grand
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Floorplanning
The floor plan
Why and how to make it real efficiently
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Placement Party
Filling the floor
Placing everything in the exact right spot
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Max Trax
Tracing Tracks
The zen of clearing out ratsnests
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Special Tracks
Diff Pairs, Tuned Tracks
Some wires are more sensitive than others
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Custom Rules
Custom Rule Them All
So much more than DRC: master crazy powerful custom rules.
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Zone Fills
Fill-Anthropy
Copper pours: reasons to use them and how to do it
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Indications
Suggestive Silk
Make your boards self documenting, add logos and artwork
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Fabrication
Getting the boards made
Communicating the design for fab
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Assembly
Getting it built
Parts, placement and squeezing into enclosures
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Wrap and Next
Finish and Next Steps
Wow!