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KiCad is an open source software suite for electronic design automation (EDA) - designing schematics of electronic circuits and printed circuit boards (PCB). KiCad is developed by the KiCad Developers Team, and features an integrated environment with schematic capture, bill of materials list, and PCB layout.
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KiCad software is organized in five main parts:
=Downloading KiCAD=
*kicad - the project manager.
*eeschema - the schematic capture editor.
*cvpcb - the footprint selector for components used in the circuit design.
*pcbnew - the PCB layout program. It also has 3D View.
*gerbview - the Gerber (photoplotter documents) viewer.


Downloading KiCAD on Windows


Features
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Compared to the other free software alternatives, KiCad solves all stages with the same interface: Schematic Capture, PCB layout, Gerber generation/visualization and library editing.
Downloading KiCAD on Linux
KiCad is cross-platform, written with WxWidgets to run on FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A lot of component libraries are available. Also migrating tools for components are available (from other EDA software tools). File formats are plain text and well documented, which is good for CVS or Subversion and to make automated component generation scripts.
 
Multiple languages are supported, such as English, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Polish, French, German, and Russian.
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The 3D PCB viewer use 3D model from Wings3D CAD.
 
=Installing KiCAD=
 
Windows
 
 
 
Linux


Project home: http://kicad.sourceforge.net/


Tutorial on KiCAD use: http://teholabs.com/knowledge/kicad.html


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Revision as of 23:24, 23 June 2012

Index

http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/What_is_KiCAD

Downloading KiCAD

Downloading KiCAD on Windows

http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/KiCAD_Windows

Downloading KiCAD on Linux

http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/KiCAD_Linux

Installing KiCAD

Windows


Linux

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