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