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KiCAD is a cross platform (Debian, Gentoo, OS X, Ubuntu, Windows...) and open source electronics design automation suite.

It permits the creation of electronic schematic diagrams and PCB artwork.

It comes with an ensemble of the following stand-alone software tools:

  • KiCad
    Project manager
  • Eeschema
    Schematic editor (both schematic and component)
  • CvPcb
    Footprint selector
  • Pcbnew
    Circuit board board editor
  • GerbView
    Gerber viewer
  • Bitmap2Component
    Convert bitmap images to components or footprints
  • PCB Calculator
    Calculator for components, track width, electrical spacing, color codes, and more…
  • Pl Editor
    Page layout editor

More details: kicad-pcb.org

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Kicad: error 40 when exporting BOM using Python

From EESchema I’m trying the various BOM export scripts to find which one is better for my needs. Most of them fails with the following error, though: Run command: python "/usr/share/kicad/plugins/bom_html_with_advanced_grouping.py"…
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How to install Kicad 5.15 by use local repository way?

I have installed Kicad 5.15 on my computer and it works fine, and I have saved all the deb files downloaded during the last installation and put them in /var/cache/apt/archives, when I need to reinstall, I just need to execute these commands: sudo…
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Kicad re-arrange schema for one layer PCB

I created a simple schema on kicad (this one ) . Then I associated the corresponding footprint, generated the netlist file, then run pcbnew to create the PCB. But then I ended up with this mess and I don't know how to deal with it (I did draw the…
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