The Best Time to Master Open-Source Engineering Tools Was Four Years Ago. The Second Best Time Is Right Now. Before your next internship application. Before your next placement interview. Before the ...

KiKit is a Python library, KiCAD plugin and a CLI tool to automate several tasks in a standard KiCAD workflow like: KiKit is available as a PyPi package. However, due ...

I was looking over the week’s posts on Hackaday – it’s part of my job after all – and this gem caught my eye: a post about how to make your own RP2040 development board from scratch. And I’ll admit ...

Generates valid .kicad_sch files that open in KiCAD 7/8. Focus on exact format preservation and simple API design.

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) design is a fundamental skill for electronics engineers, hobbyists, and makers. Choosing the right software to learn this skill can significantly impact your learning curve ...

One of the cool features of the free and open-source schematic and PCB design tool KiCad is that it is extensible. Anyone can create plugins and add-ons for it in Python. Here we present a few of them ...

The last two years has been a particularly exciting time for KiCad, for users, casual contributors, and for the core developers too. Even so, there are many cool new features that are still in process ...