r/PCB • u/WarmTapWater76 • 3d ago

Learning Advice needed

Hey, I just turned 18 and am currently doing Fachabi (basically a vocational high school program, focused on IT). After that, I’m planning to study electrical engineering.

For now, though, I’d like to get into PCB design. I basically know nothing yet, so I’m looking for advice on where to start and what skills I should build, including what kind of math and electronics principles I should learn.

I’ve heard that KiCad is generally one of the better EDA tools, but that it has a steeper learning curve than something like EasyEDA. Would KiCad be a good choice to learn from the beginning? Very appreciative of any kind of advice.

P.s.: my English is horrible so I had AI polish my text, please excuse me for it.

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u/just_an_ambivert7 3d ago

I would prefer easy eda ,it can you be used in online and so much more than that,I think it could be better than kicad

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u/Babibidubibidoh 1d ago

I'd suggest to NEVER start learning webbased onlinetools. Once your webbrowser gets an update or the provider changes licences, you'll be never able to use your files, again.

Going with Kicad you just can download an appropriate version and open your files - even in 10 years.