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| ====== Kicad ====== | ====== Kicad ====== | ||
| + | Kicad is the software we use for designing PCBs. | ||
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| + | ===== Installation ===== | ||
| + | For linux, just run | ||
| + | sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:js-reynaud/kicad-4 | ||
| + | sudo aptitude update | ||
| + | sudo aptitude install kicad kicad-library | ||
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| + | For Windows,you can download it [[http://kicad-pcb.org/download/windows/|here]]. | ||
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| + | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
| + | Below is a video with a short introduction to KiCAD. | ||
| + | {{youtube>eulAvdYqYGg?medium}} | ||
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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. | ||
