First attempt at KiCad. Am I doing this right?

[The Robot Devil]

This is the first time I'm trying KiCad.

I had previously attempted a board in EasyEDA but that turned out to be an abysmal failure.

I've watched Getting to Blinky 5.0 and KiCad for Guitar Effects and they've been a big help in getting me this far.

I've been in contact with the original schematic designer and he approves of my efforts to duplicate his circuit. However, I have a couple questions that I can't figure out from the schematic alone.

1.) I'm inserting an LED in the power supply similar to the approach that of @Robert in his Little Green Scream Machine. Did I do it correctly? I think I have, but not 100% sure.
2.) This second one has been an issue bugging me since my first attempt. I know that I need to insert some pads for hooking up the break out board. IN, OUT, GND and SW. I believe the IN pad connects to C1. The OUT pad connects to R17(?). The GND pad connects to the Ground plane? and the SW pad connects to R21(?). Is that correct? Or am I completely out to lunch?

I realize this is probably a bigger project than I should take on for a first attempt, but, here I am!

Thanks all.

PS - I'm also working on a smaller board, the Companion Fuzz/Friendly Fire Fuzz.

 

[rwl]

It took me a bit to figure out how to represent pads/jacks for pedals in KiCAD. That was probably the biggest thing that was unclear to me after Blinky. I have a bunch of example screenshots of an arrangement that worked for me on my GitHub, which may be helpful. Here's a simple circuit.

 

[szukalski]

I create my own footprint and symbol for IO. As an example, here is my main board IO (IO1). I also included some edge cuts because it's standard.

Then I just connect a label to the network and it'll all hook up as needed.

 

[Robert]

I also included some edge cuts because it's standard.

Does KiCad allow those cuts to be a part of the component? (And they're functional/on the board outline layer when the component is added to the board?)

 

[szukalski]

Does KiCad allow those cuts to be a part of the component? (And they're functional/on the board outline layer when the component is added to the board?)

It does. If you standardise board size, then you could have 80% of the edge cuts done by component.

 

[The Robot Devil]

That was probably the biggest thing that was unclear to me after Blinky.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one!

which may be helpful

That is helpful, thank you. I'm going to have to spend a few minutes wrapping my head around it before implementing into my own project, but I think I get it.

 

[The Robot Devil]

Then I just connect a label to the network and it'll all hook up as needed.

Okay thank you, I'll give that a try.