this is a blog for testing the KiCad tutorial that steven litt made for electronic product design for music and audio class at steinhardt.

KiCad beta test

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Button: Button_Switch_Keyboard:SW_Cherry_MX_1.00u_PCB

Potentiometer: Potentiometer_THT:Potentiometer_Alpha_RD901F-40-00D_Single_Vertical_CircularHoles

Rotary Encoder: Rotary_Encoder:RotaryEncoder_Alps_EC12E-Switch_Vertical_H20mm

DPDT Toggle Switch: StevesAwesomeEPDFootprints:Taiway_SubMini_SPDT

DPDT Toggle Switch: StevesAwesomeEPDFootprints:Taiway_SubMini_DPDT

Battery Charger: StevesAwesomeEPDFootprints:Adafruit_MicroUSB_Charger

Mini Speaker: StevesAwesomeEPDFootprints:Adafruit_Stemma_Speaker

Resistor: Resistor_THT:R_Axial_DIN0207_L6.3mm_D2.5mm_P7.62mm_Horizontal

1.3

The tutorial wasn’t clear on how to connect two components. I first tried clicking and dragging from the push button to the resistor, which didn’t work. I eventually realized you just click one end, then click the other.

Suggestion: to avoid missing instruction on mouse actions, consider adding on-screen keystroke/click display (like Keycastr) will help.

1.7

Question: How do you move the rectangle?

1.8

For switching the two pins, there’s an easier way to just mirror Y in the Symbol sidebar. Or just hit “X” for shortcut.

1.10

when i control select the mounting hole it doesn’t show the two options that are showed on the video.

plus i don’t have the baseline nor i can snap the mounting hole to the corner of the pcb. (update: i figured out that i have to select edge.cut first)

2.2

I think for adding the library, you don’t have to click the plus sign, just hit the folder icon and import the library.

2.7

I don’t know why nothing happened when I click the global label properties.

update: close the schematic editor and reopen it should fix this.

result: