(Sponsored) KiCad STM32 + USB + Buck Converter PCB Design and JLCPCB Assembly - Phil's Lab #11

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fpgaminer · 2021-12 · Recommendation

I recently learned KiCad and did some basic boards with it. It was a breeze; didn't run into any crashes, bugs, or major difficulties. I learned Eagle a few years ago, and from my vague memory I remember Eagle being a bit less obvious to use. KiCad felt straightforward in every way except maybe drawing the board cuts. (I did run into one paper cut. The PCB DRC didn't flag unconnected nets; there's a second button next to Run DRC that checks for unconnected nets. :/ Cost me an hour wondering why my 5V rail wasn't working... ) Was also my first time using one of those cheap, small-run assembly houses. Absolutely incredible. My project was a tweak of an existing product (an RGB LED driver), and I was able to get my boards made and assembled for less than the retail product, even at a volume of 5 and with nicer parts. Crazy. For anyone looking to learn KiCad, I used this video tutorial: [VIDEO]

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malwrar · 2021-10 · Recommendation

I've been getting into this over most of quarantine and have successfully imitated this guy's tutorials (just had to swap out the microcontroller): [VIDEO] If you don't know EE basics you'll probably want to grok those first, there's plenty of youtube channels covering it. Good starter: [LINK]

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stevenpetryk · 2021-02 · Recommendation

If folks are interested in best practices to follow when laying out a PCB, I really enjoy this series of videos on YouTube where someone whips one up live over the course of 3 hours. [VIDEO]

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