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Kicad is an open source (GPL) software for the creation of electronic schematic
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diagrams and printed circuit board artwork.
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Designed and written by Jean-Pierre Charras, a researcher at LIS (Laboratoire
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des Images et des Signaux) and a teacher in IUT de Saint Martin d'Heres
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(France), in the field of electrical engineering and image processing.
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Kicad is a set of four softwares and a project manager:
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* Eeschema: Schematic entry.
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* Pcbnew: Board editor.
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* Gerbview: GERBER viewer (photoplotter documents).
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* Cvpcb: footprint selector for components used in the circuit design.
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* Kicad: project manager.
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To get the latest libraries:
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* Install Bazaar (devel/bzr)
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* Run command:
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bzr clone http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kicad-lib-commiters/kicad/library \
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[destination]
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* Copy the library and modules directories to /usr/pkg/share/kicad/
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