Learning KiCad with a Udemy Course

September 4, 2022

I learned Schematic and PCB design using Altium Designer at BCIT. My plan was to do some more practice over the Summer. To my surprise, a few weeks after the end of the course our accounts were disabled even though I thought we had access to the license/subscription for one year. So I decided to learn KiCad as it is free, open-source, and has a huge community behind it. I purchased this course, KiCad Like a Pro 3rd Ed on Udemy. This post is a showcase of the 3 projects I completed during the course. I only designed the schematics and PCB, at this time I am not going to order manufactured PCBs for these projects.

Schematics

Project #1, Breadboard power supply
Project #1, Breadboard power supply
Project #2, ATMEGA328P based data logger
Project #2, ATMEGA328P based data logger
Project #3, ESP32 Development Board Clone
Project #3, ESP32 Development Board Clone

Project #1, Breadboard Power Supply

Breadboard power supply PCB
Breadboard power supply PCB
3D render (front)
3D render (front)
3D render (rear)
3D render (rear)

GitHub Repo

Project #2, ATMEGA328P based data logger

2 layer PCB design
2 layer PCB design
4 layer PCB design
4 layer PCB design
3D render (2 layer) (front)
3D render (2 layer) (front)
3D render (2 layer) (rear)
3D render (2 layer) (rear)

GitHub Repo

Project #3, ESP32 Development Board Clone

2 layer PCB deisgn
2 layer PCB deisgn
3D render (front)
3D render (front)
3D render (rear)
3D render (rear)

GitHub Repo

Udemy Certificate

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