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I took a look at Chris Gammell's tutorial and had a difficult time
with it because he uses KiCad 4.x.x on MS-Windows. I don't think the
operating system makes that much of a difference, but it is extremely
frustrating when, as a beginner, the things that he shows cannot be
found on KiCad 5.x.x. John uses Ubuntu, which is based on Debian
GNU/Linux, which is the system I use (for the last 23+ years).

I would say go with Gammell's tutorial if you are using KiCad 4.x.x.
That is because John uses KiCad 5.x.x and it would be just as
frustrating to not be able to find the things that he demonstrates. I
wasted a whole day trying to figure out what Gammell was doing.

So I open the video in a browser on one desktop, and Kicad 5.0.2 on
another desktop, and as I watch John's videos, I can pause it and go
try out what he just demonstrated. And if I can't figure it out, I go
back to the video, rewind, and watch that part over again. Today I
made my first footprints.

If someone doesn't have KiCad installed, I would recommend going with
KiCad 5.x.x. It is really nice. And John's videos are very beginner
friendly. He goes at a good pace for a beginner, and his screens are
large enough for ME to see, and that is saying a lot because my
eyesight is very poor.


I have some limited experience with Eagle, and I have tried KiCad
before, but never got very far with it. This time around, using John's
videos, and KiCad 5.0.2, I am making good progress. I have not had a
chance to sit down with the KiCad 5 documentation yet, but at a
glance, it looks pretty good.



On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 10:09 PM John Bahun via Groups.Io
<johnbahun@...> wrote:

Excellent tutorial by John.
Another great YouTube set of tutorials is by Chris Gammell. Just search with
“chris gammell kicad“ - it will take you to another set of tutorials.

73 - John - N6API

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