BUILD GUIDEL1.01 WROOM breakout
Build this board start to finish — design it, lay it out, then assemble and bring a real one to life. One stage at a time, checked off as you go.
DESIGN STAGES
0 / 6 completeStage 01
REQUIREMENTSBefore you pick a single part, decide what the board has to do and the limits it has to respect. These are the promises everything else has to keep — cheap to get right now, expensive to fix later.Stage 02Upcoming
BOM SOURCINGBefore you draw a single wire, lock in your real parts. The BOM — your Bill of Materials — is the exact list of everything on the board, where every line is a part you can actually order. Pick and check the real parts first; the schematic comes next.Stage 03Upcoming
SCHEMATICYour parts are already chosen and sourced — so the schematic isn't where you make decisions, it's where you write them down. Walk the board one small sub-circuit at a time: name the problem, meet the parts that solve it, then capture it in KiCad. Every refdes below is already on your BOM.Stage 04Upcoming
LAYOUTNow you place the parts into copper and route the connections. The circuit is settled; what turns the board from 'works' into 'barely boots' is where the parts sit and how the copper flows. On this board, one rule stands above the rest: protect the antenna.Stage 05Upcoming
DRC / GERBERYour layout is already built to your fab's rules. Give it one last check, then export the exact files they manufacture from.Stage 06Upcoming
ORDERINGCommit the design to the real world: boards from a fab, parts from distributors.