Designing a PCB with Bradán Lane

Welcome to a new episode of The CircuitPython Show! Bradán Lane joins the show for a second time and shares his process, tips, and tricks for designing a PCB that uses CircuitPython.

We’re now on Bluesky!

00:00 Welcome

• Bradán Lane homepage
• Bradán on The CircuitPython Show episode 19

00:24 Recommended tools

• EasyEDA
• KiCad

2:54 Where to start when designing a board?

4:24 Finding open source hardware examples and schematics

• Adafruit
• Solder Party

7:02 Designing a board to support CircuitPython

9:00 The board layout and its constraints

12:28 Creating a feature board aka the kitchen sink

14:12 Picking out parts and components

17:14 Placing parts on the board

19:19 Advice for new board designers

20:37 The DC NextGen Graffiti Badge

25:28 Getting CircuitPython to run on a board

29:39 Wrap-up