Electronic shematic & PCB design

Electronic schematic and PCB design software Kicad is a suite of programs for the creation of printed circuit boards. It includes a schematic editor, a PCB layout tool, support tools and a 3D viewer to display a finished & fully populated PCB.

Kicad is made up of 5 main components:

- kicad - project manager
- eeschema - schematic editor
- pcbnew - PCB editor
- gerbview - GERBER viewer
- cvpcb - footprint selector for components

Libraries:

- Both eeschema and pcbnew have library managers and editors for their components and footprints
- You can easily 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