This is my first PCB project. I made a custom Miffy-shaped blinky keychain following Hack Club's Stasis project started guide!

Coming from mostly web dev and frontend stuff, jumping into KiCad was definitely an experience. It turns out making a PCB is basically like doing UI design, except the components actually take up physical space and you can't just z index them away lol.

• I learned how to physically route components on the PCB.
• I imported a custom DXF drawing for Miffy's face, but it wouldn't show up in the 3D viewer. Turns out CAD lines have a 0mm thickness by default, so I had to manually set the ink to 0.2mm so the factory actually prints it!
• Drawing the copper tracks is honestly like a puzzle game. You can't cross a front wire over another front wire without shorting the board, but you can drop a pin and draw on the back layer to go underneath.

Super proud of how this turned out!