Getting Started in KiCad Getting Started in KiCad ii October 31, 2021 Getting Started in KiCad iii Contents 1 Introduction to KiCad 1 1.1 Downloading and installing KiCad . . . . . . . . . . . . FreeRouter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Getting Started in KiCad iv 6 Forward annotation in KiCad 31 7 Make schematic symbols in KiCad 33 7.1 Using Component the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Getting Started in KiCad v Essential and concise guide to mastering KiCad for the successful development of sophisticated

Getting Started in KiCad The KiCad Team Essential and concise guide to mastering KiCad for the successful development of sophisticated electronic printed circuit boards. Copyright This document is

Getting Started in KiCad Getting Started in KiCad ii October 31, 2021 Getting Started in KiCad iii Contents 1 Introduction to KiCad 1 1.1 Download and install KiCad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Getting Started in KiCad iv 7 Make component footprints 41 7.1 Using Footprint Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Getting Started in KiCad v Essential and concise guide to mastering KiCad for the successful development of sophisticated

Getting Started in KiCad The KiCad Team Essential and concise guide to mastering KiCad for the successful development of sophisticated electronic printed circuit boards. Copyright This document is

Getting Started in KiCad The KiCad Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File → New Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will Click File → New Library, and select Project. Choose a name for the new library (e.g. getting-started.kicad_sym ) and save it in the project directory. The empty new library is now selected in the Libraries

Getting Started in KiCad The KiCad Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File → New Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will Click File → New Library, and select Project. Choose a name for the new library (e.g. getting-started.kicad_sym ) and save it in the project directory. The empty new library is now selected in the Libraries

Getting Started in KiCad The KiCad Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File → New Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will Click File → New Library, and select Project. Choose a name for the new library (e.g. getting-started.kicad_sym ) and save it in the project directory. The empty new library is now selected in the Libraries

File → New Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will Click File → New Library, and select Project. Choose a name for the new library (e.g. getting-started.kicad_sym ) and save it in the project directory. The empty new library is now selected in the Libraries Libraries… ). Creating New Symbols Now create the switch symbol in the new library. With the getting-started library selected in the Libraries pane, click File → New Symbol… . In the Symbol name field, enter

File → New Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will Click File → New Library, and select Project. Choose a name for the new library (e.g. getting-started.kicad_sym ) and save it in the project directory. The empty new library is now selected in the Libraries Libraries… ). Creating New Symbols Now create the switch symbol in the new library. With the getting-started library selected in the Libraries pane, click File → New Symbol… . In the Symbol name field, enter

新建库，并选择 工程。为新库选择一个名字（例如： getting- started.kicad_sym ）并保存在工程目录中。空的新库现在在左边的库窗格中被选中，并被自动添加到工程库表中 （在 偏好设置 → 管理符号库… 中检查工程专用库标签）。 新建符号 现在在新库中创建开关符号。在 "库" 窗格中选择 getting-started 库，点击 文件 → 新建符号… 。在 符号名称 栏 中，输入元件编号： M2011S3A1W03 。开关符号的位号应以 SW 开头，所以将 默认位号 字段改为 SW 。所有其他字 段可以保持默认值。 在 "库" 窗格中， M2011S3A1W03 符号现在出现在 getting-started 库下。在画布上，一个十字表示封装的中心， 并添加了符号名称和位号的文字。现在，将文本从封装的中心移开，使其不碍事。 符号引脚 通过添加一个引脚开始绘制符号。点击右侧工具栏上的 添加引脚 点击 确定 后，将值的文字移至较低位置，使其不与符号图形重叠。 符号现在已经完成。保存它并继续创建一个封装。 新建封装 打开封装编辑器，创建一个新的工程专用封装库，命名为 getting-started.pretty （文件 → 新建库… ）。和符号 库一样，新的封装库被添加到工程库表中。在 "库" 窗格中选择新的库，创建一个新的封装（文件 → 新建封装… ）。 设置名称为 Switch_