KiCAD 7 PCB Layout in 5 steps

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

In this video we will make a PCB from scratch with KiCAD 7.
I will use the DIY Digispark USB circuit from a previous video as an example.
and guide you through all the steps:

0:00 Introduction
0:44 Schematic drawing
2:55 Create a custom symbol
4:21 Create custom footprint
6:39 PCB Layout
8:20 Create multi-PCB panel
10:54 Generate Gerber & Drill files & order PCB
12:22 Build & test the circuit.

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Links:
Download KiCad7 at: www.kicad.org/download
KiCAD7 manual: https://docs.kicad.org/7.0/es/pcbnew/pcbnew.pdf
How to set up DigiSpark USB: https://youtu.be/XwEZvaGyKDE
Link to the KiCAD project file (download, unzip, doubleclick .pro files): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lvo3erODoXkqmzu_f_4TiOI9Fkn1rpG_/view?usp=sharing

Note: To use a PCB as USB like this you need to have a total thickness of ~2.2 mm for proper contact. To achieve this you can glue 0.6mm thick material on the back (I cut it from a plastic lid ;-).