KiCad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1.1 Under GNU/Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1.2 Under kicad.org/ Getting Started in KiCad 2 / 43 1.1 Downloading and installing KiCad KiCad runs on GNU/Linux, Apple macOS and Windows. You can find the most up to date instructions and download links at: http://www keep the development branch as usable as possible during new feature development. 1.1.1 Under GNU/Linux Stable releases of KiCad can be found in most distribution’s package managers as kicad and kicad-doc

homepage of KiCad is: http://www.kicad.org/ 1.1. Downloading and installing KiCad KiCad runs on GNU/Linux, Apple macOS and Windows. You can find the most up to date instructions and download links at: http://www keep the development branch as usable as possible during new feature development. 1.1.1. Under GNU/Linux Stable releases of KiCad can be found in most distribution’s package managers as kicad and kicad-doc List Hotkeys or press Ctrl+F1: You can edit the assignment of hotkeys, and import or export them, from the Preferences → Hotkeys Options menu. Note In this document, hotkeys are expressed with brackets

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 Under GNU/Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Started in KiCad 2 / 45 http://www.kicad.org/ 1.1 Download and install KiCad KiCad runs on GNU/Linux, Apple OS X and Windows. You can find the most up to date instructions and download links at: http://www keep the development branch as usable as possible during new feature development. 1.2 Under GNU/Linux Stable builds Stable releases of KiCad can be found in most distribution’s package managers as kicad

the home of KiCad is: http://www.kicad.org/ 1.1. Download and install KiCad KiCad runs on GNU/Linux, Apple OS X and Windows. You can find the most up to date instructions and download links at: http://www keep the development branch as usable as possible during new feature development. 1.2. Under GNU/Linux Stable builds. Stable releases of KiCad can be found in most distribution’s package managers as kicad install the latest stable version. Unstable (nightly development) builds. Unstable builds are built from the most recent source code. They can sometimes have bugs that cause file corruption, generate bad

highlighting Cross-probing from the schematic Left toolbar display controls Creating a PCB Basic PCB concepts Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board and browse to your fp-lib-table file. If you want to construct a new footprint library table from scratch, select the third option. Footprint library management is described in more detail later. 3 designed. You can pan and zoom to different areas of the board, and also flip the view to show the board from the bottom. By default, dragging with the middle or right mouse button will pan the canvas view and

highlighting Cross-probing from the schematic Left toolbar display controls Creating a PCB Basic PCB concepts Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board and browse to your fp-lib-table file. If you want to construct a new footprint library table from scratch, select the third option. Footprint library management is described in more detail later. 3 designed. You can pan and zoom to different areas of the board, and also flip the view to show the board from the bottom. By default, dragging with the middle or right mouse button will pan the canvas view and

highlighting Cross-probing from the schematic Left toolbar display controls Creating a PCB Basic PCB concepts Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board and browse to your fp-lib-table file. If you want to construct a new footprint library table from scratch, select the third option. Footprint library management is described in more detail later. 3 designed. You can pan and zoom to different areas of the board, and also flip the view to show the board from the bottom. By default, dragging with the middle or right mouse button will pan the canvas view and

highlighting Cross-probing from the schematic Left toolbar display controls Creating a PCB Basic PCB concepts Capabilities Starting from a schematic Starting from scratch Board setup Editing a board and browse to your fp-lib-table file. If you want to construct a new footprint library table from scratch, select the third option. Footprint library management is described in more detail later. 3 designed. You can pan and zoom to different areas of the board, and also flip the view to show the board from the bottom. By default, dragging with the middle or right mouse button will pan the canvas view and

manager Eeschema : schematic editor and component editor CvPcb : footprint selector helper (always run from Eeschema) Pcbnew : circuit board layout editor and footprint editor GerbView : Gerber viewer 3 included Bitmap2Component: component maker for logos. It creates a schematic component or a footprint from a bitmap picture. PcbCalculator: A calculator that is helpful to calculate components for regulators width versus current, transmission lines… PlEditor: Page Layout Editor. These tools are usually run from the project manager, but can be also run as stand- alone tools. At the time of writing, KiCad is

Eeschema : schematic editor and component editor • CvPcb : footprint selector helper (always run from Eeschema) • Pcbnew : circuit board layout editor and footprint editor • GerbView : Gerber viewer included • Bitmap2Component: component maker for logos. It creates a schematic component or a footprint from a bitmap picture. • PcbCalculator: A calculator that is helpful to calculate components for regulators versus current, transmission lines… • PlEditor: Page Layout Editor. These tools are usually run from the project manager, but can be also run as stand-alone tools. At the time of writing, KiCad is considered