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LESSONPCB Design with KiCad · Part 4EP.164 · 24 s

PCB Design with KiCad Part 4: Power symbols + net labels

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// WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Two pins with the same label (or the same GND / +5V symbol) are connected, even with no wire drawn.

// LESSON NOTES

Your schematic looks like spaghetti? 🍝 Fix it in KiCad!

⌨️ Press P → power symbol: +5V on top, GND below.
⏚ Every GND symbol is the SAME wire — no lines needed!
⌨️ Press L → net label, and give it a name.
🔗 Two labels named LED? Yes, they're connected: same name = same wire.

Clean and easy to read ✅

Read the voiceover (transcript)
  1. Spaghetti schematic? Fix it in KiCad!
  2. Press P: five volts on top, ground below.
  3. Every ground symbol is one wire, no lines needed!
  4. Press L for a net label, and give it a name.
  5. Two labels named LED. Connected?
  6. Yes! Same name, same wire.
  7. Clean and easy to read!
  8. Next: ERC finds your mistakes. Follow for Part Five!

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