Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Today in Fast #KiCad #workflows for beginners we will focus on creating an 8bit ADC #schematic and #pcb in 30 minutes (40 minutes real time)

This is a re-upload, I found I had said and typed ADC when it's obviously a DAC. I put some correction notices in this version.

I will show you some very useful keyboard short cuts, and explain a little thing about using ICs and KiCad that tripped me up the first time. So that you do not have to go through that frustration

Chapters
00:00 Bumper
00:48 Intro
01:22 Create project
03:17 Copy components quickly
07:13 Power Flags to satisfy ERC
11:02 Auto annotation of components
11:53 Fixing ERC errors
12:26 Select component footprints
14:53 Problem with VCC and GND with TTL ICs
18:46 Routing the PCB traces
21:29 Making the PCB shape (edge cuts)
27:01 Making via's quickly
29:06 Making holes in the PCB
32:33 Putting down a ground plane
34:18 Making Gerber files for PCB manufacturer
35:37 Delivering Gerber files to PCB manufacturer (JLCPCB)
37:12 Outro