Castellated holes

[houly]

Hello,
I would want to add castellated holes on my pcb, I tried to place pads but I can’t connect them to other component because of EdgesCut barrier…

What is the method to correctly place them ?

Thanks for your help.

Notice that I’m using Kicad 8.0.4.

[3Dogs]

Castellated edge; plated half holes in board edge

[image] This kind of edge where the board edge goes through plated holes and the holes are cut in the middle is called castellation castellated edge plated half-holes semi-plated holes etc. It’s used in PCB modules which can be soldered to other PCB’s. Castellation is made so that there are normal PTH pads first and they are surrounded by the board material. Then the board edge is milled or cut in some other way so that half of the holes are left. Cutting copper with milling bits is more c…