15 Tips and Tricks for Using KiCad HD

Need custom PCBs? Check out PCBWay at https://www.pcbway.com for fast and high quality PCBs. In this video, I am going over 15 tips and tricks I use everyday with KiCad to make better PCBs. These tips should help you create PCBs that are right the first time, and this should help reduce the amount of revisions you need to do to get your board just right. Timeline 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Tip 1: ERC 0:50 - Tip 2: DRC 1:09 - Tip 3: Set Pins Correctly 2:44 - Tip 4: Use Component Table 3:18 - Tip 5: Use Hierarchical Sheets 4:15 - Tip 6: Use Courtyards and Front Fab Layers in Footprints 5:06 - Tip 7: Get 3D models 5:33 - Tip 8: Use 3D Viewer when creating PCB 6:22 - Tip 9: Use a Ground Pour 6:52 - Tip 10: No Acute Angles 7:42 - Tip 11: Stitch Your Ground Pour 8:21 - Tip 12: Know What Tools You Have at Your Disposal 8:54 - Tip 13: Place Parts in Groups 9:38 - Tip 14: Peer Review! 10:37 - Tip 15: Only Break the Rules if You Know Why 12:18 - Summary 13:21 - Outro Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kuitthegeek Twitter: @kuitthegeek Download Kicad for your OS here: http://kicad-pcb.org/download/ So circuit boards and electronic parts are expensive, and you can contribute to the content at no cost to you by using my amazon affiliate links! You get charged nothing extra, they just slice off a small amount of the profits and send it to me for advertising. Check out some of the awesome items below! Practical Electronics for Inventors https://amzn.to/2XPCzwB Want to get started with an Arduino kit of your own? Check out this kit! https://amzn.to/2F1ch1w Or learn more with the Getting Started with Arduino book from Make. https://amzn.to/2XZkQ5E Thanks for watching! #kicad #electricalengineering #tipsandtricks Intro Credit - Alexbau Free Blender Intro #98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNrd-ShnQI Intro Music Credit - mizu - Summer Dreaming https://mizuofficial.bandcamp.com/track/summer-dreaming Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Background Music Credit - Geographer - Arp Bounce YouTube Music Library Disclosure: This description contains links to Amazon Affiliates and as such, I would receive a small cut of any purchases made on these items directly from the provided links. This comes at no extra cost to you, but from the margin from Amazon, as it is considered an advertising expense.