PCB Guide 1 - Introduction

This guide is intended as a direct replacement for the aging Ruiqi Mao's guide.
Credits go to that guide for serving as a base for this writeup.

So you want to design keyboard PCBs, or to make sure that you are doing things correctly.
We will build a similar 2x2 macropad in this introduction, but will do so in a more future-proof way compared to the other guides.

Step 1. Grab the requirements

We will be using KiCad for making the PCB.

Grab the program here:
http://kicad-pcb.org/download/
As of the time of writing this guide, the latest update is 5.0.2.

Now comes the download and install process. Grab a cup of coffee, for KiCad 5.0.2 is a whopping 1GB.
Install as you would any other program.

Also, this guide will be using Git/GitHub to manage progress.
If you are new to this, grab GitHub desktop here:
https://desktop.github.com/
If you already work with git, use whichever implementation you prefer, and replace all mentions of GitHub in this guide with your preferred methods.

PCB Guide 1 - Introduction

Step 1. Grab the requirements

Step 2. Preparations