KiCad
KiCad is an open source software suite for the creation of
electronic schematics. It helps design of schematics for
electronic circuits and their conversion to PCBs (printed circuit
board) design. KiCad was originally developed by Jean-Pierre Charras,
and features an integrated environment for schematic capture and PCB
layout design.
Tools exist within the package to create a bill of materials,
artwork and Gerber files, and 3D views of the PCB and its components.
KiCad uses an integrated environment for all of the stages of
the design process: Schematic Capture, PCB layout, Gerber file
generation/visualization and library editing.
KiCad
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Price
Free to download
Size
201MB
License
GNU GPL v2
Developer
Dick Hollenbeck
Website
www.kicad-pcb.org
System Requirements
zlib
wxWidgets
Support
Sites:
Documentation,
FAQ,
Tutorials,
Launchpad,
Mailing
List, Developers
Team Mailing List, Author's web
page, Unofficial
Wiki, Links
Selected
Reviews:
T Boyd,
Arduino
Forum, YouTube
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Features include:
- KiCad is made up of five main constituents with a
common
interface:
- kicad - the project manager
- eeschema - the schematic capture editor
- cvpcb - footprint selector for components used in the
circuit design
- pcbnew - PCB layout software with 3D view. It uses the 3D
model from Wings3D CAD
- gerbview - Visualize Gerber photoplotter
documents
- Both eeschema and pcbnew have library managers and editors
for their components and footprints
- Create, edit, delete and exchange library items
- Documentation files can be associated with components,
footprints and key words, allowing a fast search by function
- Very large libraries are available for schematic components
and footprints
- Most components have corresponding 3D models
- Built-in basic autorouter
- Mmigrating tools for components (from other EDA software
tools)
- Multiple languages are supported, such as English, Catalan,
Czech, German, Greek, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian,
Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovene, Swedish,
and Chinese
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