Hacky Holidays is a limited-time YSWS event for making your own PCB tree decorations! There are 3 major steps in making a successful decoration:
**** This guide serves as a learning tool to help you get started, If you submit the guide PCB you will not be accepted! ****
When choosing your parts, think about the function of each component, and try to wither out unneeded components. Unneeded components can reduce your decoration’s battery life!
Parts covered in the guide**:**
If you want to add any components not on the approved list, ask one of the organizers in #hacky-holidays!
For this guide, we are going to be using KiCad, so if you are using a different tool your steps might be a bit different!
First, open up KiCad, and go to File → New Project… and name it whatever you want! Just make sure you name it something you remember so you can come back to it!