KiCad wie ein Profi

A Practical Guide to Learning the World's Most Popular Open-Source Tool for PCB Design

By Dr. Peter Dalmaris

How to Read This Book
What You Need
The Book Website
An Introduction: Why KiCad?
Part 1: A Quick Introduction to Board Design

Chapter 1: What is a Board?
Chapter 2: The PCB Design Process
Chapter 3: Manufacturing
Chapter 4: Installation
Chapter 5: Examples of KiCad Projects

Part 2: A Practical Tour Through KiCad with a Very Simple Project

Chapter 6: Introduction to This Section
Chapter 7: Starting KiCad
Chapter 8: Schematic Design in Eeschema

8.1. The Schematic Sheet
Description File for the Page Layout
8.2. Mouse Buttons and Hotkeys
8.3. Buttons and Menus in Eeschema

Left Toolbar
Right Toolbar
Tools for Drawing Traces and Deleting
Connection Tool
Text Tool
Graphic Line
Quick Tour Through the Top Toolbar
Library Browser
The Annotator
Checking Electrical Rules (ERC)
Cvpcb: Assigning Components and Footprints
Creating the Netlist File
Status Bar
Menus

Chapter 9: Layout in Pcbnew

9.1. The User Interface
9.2. The Layout Sheet
9.3. Mouse Buttons and Hotkeys
9.4. Toolbars and Menus in Pcbnew

Left Toolbar
Top Toolbar
Importing the Netlist
Moving Footprints
Design Rule Check (DRC)
Plot for Gerber
Layer Selection
Right Toolbar
Standard Mode
Net Highlighter
Adding a Footprint
Wiring
Fill and Keepout Areas
Edge Cut
Graphics
Text
The Layers Manager
Status Bar
Menus

File
Edit
View
Another Useful One
Setup
The Design Rules Editor
The Layer Setup
Further Configuration Options
Place
Route
Interactive Routing
Inspect
Tools
Preferences
General
Display Options
Language
Hotkeys

Part 3: Design Principles and Basic Concepts

Chapter 10: About This Part
Chapter 11: Schematic Symbols
Chapter 12: PCB Key Terms

12.1. FR4
12.2. Traces
12.3. Pads and Holes
12.4. Via
12.5. The Restring
12.6. Solder Mask
12.7. Silkscreen
12.8. Drills and Drill Hammer
12.9. Surface Mount Components (SMDs)
12.10. Goldfinger
12.11. Panel
12.12. Solder Paste and Stencil
12.13. Pick-and-Place

Chapter 13: Workflow for Schematic Design

13.1. Step 1: Setup
13.2. Step 2: Symbols
13.3. Step 3: Place and Annotate Symbols
13.4. Step 4: Wiring
13.5. Step 5: Nets
13.6. Step 6: Electrical Rules Check
13.7. Step 7: Comments
13.8. Step 8: Netlist

Chapter 14: The PCB Layout Process

14.1. Step 1: Setup
Creating Larger Grids for Rough Drawings
14.2. Step 2: Outline and Mechanical Constraints
14.3. Step 3: Component Placement
14.4. Step 4: Routing
14.5. Step 5: Copper Pours
14.6. Step 6: Silkscreen
14.7. Step 7: Design Rules Check
14.8. Step 8: Manufacturing

Chapter 15: Additional Design Considerations

15.1. Shape and Size
15.2. Layers
Advantages of Two-Layer Boards
15.3. Traces

Length
Angle
Weight
Width
Proximity

Part 4: Projects

Chapter 16: What is This Section About?
Chapter 17: Project 1: Designing a Simple Board for a Breadboard Power Supply

17.1. A Simple Project
What You Will Build and a Parts List
What You Will Learn
Project Repository
17.2. Schematic Design: Eeschema

Step 1: Setup
Step 2: Symbols
Step 3: Arrange, Comment, Associate

Arrange
Comment
Associate

Step 4: Wiring
Step 5: Nets
Step 6: Electrical Rules Check
Step 7: Comments
Step 8: Netlist

17.3. Footprint Layout in Pcbnew

Step 1: Setup
Step 2: Outline and Constraints
Step 3: Place Components
Step 4: Route
Step 5: Copper Pours
Step 6: Silkscreen
Step 7: Design Rules Check
Step 8: Manufacturing

17.4. Project Extensions

Chapter 18: Project 2: Designing a Small Raspberry Pi HAT

18.1. What You Will Build and a Parts List
18.2. What You Will Learn
18.3. Project Repository
18.4. Schematic Design in Eeschema

Step 1: Setup
Step 2: Symbols
Step 3: Arrange, Annotate, Associate

Arrange
Annotate
Associate

Step 4: Wiring
Step 5: Nets
Step 6: Electrical Rules Check
Step 7: Comments
Step 8: Netlist

18.5. Footprint Layout in Pcbnew

Step 1: Setup
Step 2: Outline and Constraints
Step 3: Place Components
Step 4: Routing
Step 5: Copper Pours
Step 6: Silkscreen
Step 7: Design Rules Check
Step 8: Manufacturing

Chapter 19: Project 3: Arduino Clone with Built-in 512K EEPROM and Clock

19.1. Project Details
19.2. Project Repository
19.3. Schematic Design in Eeschema

Step 1: Setup
Step 2: Symbols
Step 3: Arrange, Annotate, Associate

Arrange
Annotate
Associate

Steps 4 and 5: Traces and Nets
Step 6: Electrical Rules Check
Step 7: Comments
Step 8: Netlist

19.4. Footprint Layout in Pcbnew

Step 1: Setup
Step 2 + 3: Outline, Constraints, and Component Placement
Step 4: Routing

Using the Autorouter for Two Layers
Using the Autorouter for Four Layers
Two or More Layers?

Step 5: Copper Pours
Step 6: Silkscreen
Step 7: Design Rules Check
Step 8: Manufacturing

Part 5: Recipes

Chapter 20: Adding a Schematic Symbol Library in Eeschema
Chapter 21: Adding a Footprint Library in Pcbnew
Chapter 22: Using Footprints Offline
Chapter 23: Using Symbols Offline
Chapter 24: Creating a Keepout Zone
Chapter 25: Creating Copper Pours
Chapter 26: How to Calculate Trace Width
Chapter 27: Custom Global Design Rules and Changing Trace Width
Chapter 28: Creating Custom Net Design Rules
Chapter 29: How to Add Silkscreen Text and Simple Graphics
Chapter 30: How to Add a Custom Logo to Silkscreen
Chapter 31: How to Manufacture a PCB with Oshpark
Chapter 32: How to Create and Test Gerber Files
Chapter 33: How to Manufacture a PCB with PCBWay
Chapter 34: Rounded Corners
Chapter 35: Mounting Holes and Cutouts
Chapter 36: Creating a New Component (Symbol)
Chapter 37: Modifying an Existing Component (Symbol)
Chapter 38: Creating a New Footprint - Manually

Front Fabrication Layer ('F.Fab')
Front Solder Paste Layer ('F.Paste')
Cleanup
Saving Footprint Space
Testing the Footprint

Chapter 39: Creating New Footprints - Using the Footprint Assistant
Chapter 40: Modifying Existing Footprints
Chapter 41: Using an Autorouter
Chapter 42: How to Create a Bill of Materials (BoM)
Chapter 43: How to Create a Custom Page Layout
Chapter 44: How to Use Hierarchical Sheets
Chapter 45: How to Use Differential Pairs
Chapter 46: Interactive Router
Chapter 47: Creating Unique Board Edge Cuts
Chapter 48: Using Git for Version Control

Uploading Your Repository to Github
Authentication

Chapter 49: Creating a Multilayer PCB
Chapter 50: How to Use Buses
Chapter 51: How to Update Your Schematic and Layout (with Git)
Chapter 52: Starting KiCad Apps Individually
Chapter 53: Creating a New Version of a PCB Without Changing the Original
Chapter 54: Manufacturing a PCB Without a Schematic
Chapter 55: How to Set Up a Text Editor and Why
Chapter 56: How to Install 3D Shapes
Index

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