I have an Arduino Nano, and I wanna design a PCB that can house a few toggle switches. How would I go about doing this I'm quite confused.
What I am wanting to do (For now) is create a PCB to hold 3 toggle switches that turn on separate LEDS for each of them.
The software I am using is EasyEDA.
Another note, is that im basically asking how do i make a toggle switch and where/what pins would i connect them to
In order to use or create the correct PCB footprint then you must have full details of the switches that you intend to use or, even better, already have them so that you can measure them
You need to know the size of their pins, spacing of their pins, the purpose of each pin and whether they also have mounting lugs
Are the switched through hole or surface mounting components ?
Have you got things working as you want using a breadboard and/or jumper wires ? Have you got a schematic of your project ? Do not proceed until the answer to both questions is "yes"
You can connect the toggle switches to whatever Arduino I/O pins you wish. However, if you're asking a question like this, I would say that you're probably not ready to be trying to design a PCB!
And for your other question: I've never used EasyEDA but most PCB/schematic capture programs come with component libraries. It's generally much easier and faster to use a switch that's already been put into the library than to create a new one.
Hi,
Do you want to mount the toggle switches on the PCB by their terminals?
OR
Do you wish to just connect the PCB to the toggle switches by flying wires?
You need to tell us you construction method.
Thanks.. Tom.. 
Fastest method? Watch a youtube video
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