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KiCad 6 STM32 PCB Design Full Tutorial - Phil's Lab #65

A 100-minute tutorial from Phil's Lab on designing an STM32-based 'black pill' PCB in KiCad 6. It covers schematic capture, two-layer layout and routing, USB, and sending the board for manufacture and assembly.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a practical way to learn KiCad and PCB design by following one full project.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Phil’s Lab
Topic
pcb design
Format
tutorial
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2022–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • A few months ago, you would have been on Kicad 6 (assuming you didn't pull some ancient 5.0 release from your distro), which I've found to have a great UI. Like all EDA software, the UI is optimized for power users, and therefore has some …

    LeifCarrotson on Hacker News · 2022-10
    In LibrePCB 0.1.7

  • I'm in embedded also, I started this journey at work doing board bring-up. I wrote drivers mostly, not doing any direct electrical work, but after reading the schematics I thought, "oh wow, so that's how they do schematics professionally," followed by "wait, I can do …

    mlsu on Hacker News · 2024-04
    In Ask HN: What Are You Learning?

  • Checking the datasheet is essential, they usually show the “must-have” parts around a chip. Beyond that, good habits are adding decoupling caps close to the pins, keeping ground solid, and following the reference layout. I also learned a lot just by listening to experienced designers …

    waerhert on Hacker News · 2025-08
    In Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32

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