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1. Sign Up: If you are new to Flux, create an account on their site, so you can access various designing tools.
2. Starting a Project: After signing in, you can create a new project and choose whether you want to start with a schematic or a PCB layout.
3. Designing Schematics: In schematic design mode, you can add components from the Flux Component Library to your project, connect them with wires, annotate the design with text labels and define electrical connections (nets).
4. Transitioning to PCB Layout: Once your schematic is complete, you can switch to PCB layout mode. Flux will automatically map the schematic components to footprints on a PCB, and electric connections will become airwires to guide your traces.
5. PCB Routing: In the PCB layout, you manage the placement of the components and route your traces.
6. Checking Your Design: Use the Design Rule Check (DRC) to check your PCB layout for potential issues.
7. Export Your Design: Flux allows you to export your design to Gerber, Excellon, SVG and other formats.

• Tutorials and Video Guides: You can check out the Flux YouTube channel for tutorials that guide you through various tasks. This could be very useful, especially if you are new to PCB design[1].
• Flux Community: Flux has a Slack community where you can connect with other users and ask questions directly to the Flux team[2].

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Diagram

• The central component is the STM8S003F3P microcontroller from STMicroelectronics.
• Power Supply is connected to the VDD pin of the microcontroller.
• A Capacitor is connected to the VCAP pin of the microcontroller.
• Various I/O ports are grouped under an IO_Ports subgraph, showing their connections to specific pins of the microcontroller.
• NRST and VSS pins are also highlighted for clarity.

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• Visit Flux signup to register for an account. You can sign up using your email and password or link your Google account.

• Canvas: The central workspace where you'll create schematics and PCB layouts.
• Library: Contains components that you can drag and drop onto the canvas.
• Inspector: Allows you to modify properties of selected components.
• Toolbar: Provides tools for creating and editing your design.

• Drag components from the library onto the canvas.
• Position them as needed. You can rotate and move components to fit your design requirements.

• Use wires to connect component pins according to your schematic.
• Simply click on a pin and drag the wire to the destination pin.

• Switch to PCB layout mode to arrange components on a board.
• Route traces between component pads.

• Flux also offers simulation tools to test your circuit. Look at the tutorial for more information on how simulations run inside Flux.

• For support, you can join the Flux Slack community to ask questions and meet other users.
• Flux also offers a range of video tutorials and crash courses available on YouTube.

• When Copilot suggests specific connections on your schematic, use the "Take Action" button to apply those connections.