====== Kicad ======

Kicad is the software we use for designing PCBs.

===== Installation =====
For linux, just run
  sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-4
  sudo aptitude update
  sudo aptitude install kicad kicad-library
  
For Windows,you can download it [[http://kicad-pcb.org/download/windows/|here]].

===== Introduction =====
Below is a video with a short introduction to KiCAD.
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===== Common Issues =====
On linux, when you try to open up stuff, it may say you're missing a ton of libraries. To fix this, launch EESchema, then go to "Preferences->Component Libraries". Add  `/usr/share/kicad/library` to the user defined search path.