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

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Work your way through one tutorial”

    Tutorial for learning KiCad 6 quickly

    LeifCarrotson, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “LibrePCB 0.1.7”

  2. “The Youtube channel Phil's Lab has a really good series”

    Good PCB design series focused on STM32 chips

    mlsu, 2024-04 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What Are You Learning?”

  3. “I also learned a lot just by listening to experienced designers explain their choices”

    Experienced designer explaining design choices

    waerhert, 2025-08 · Recommendation · in “Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: kicad, stm32, pcb layout, schematic, hardware design

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