. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5 Forward annotation in KiCad 32 6 Make schematic components in KiCad 34 6.1 Using Component Library Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6.2 Export, import and modify library components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 6.3 Make schematic components with quicklib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . portability of KiCad project files 43 9 More about KiCad documentation 45 9.1 KiCad documentation on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Getting Started

. . 33 7.2 Export, import and modify library components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7.3 Make schematic components with quicklib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . portability of KiCad project files 41 10 More about KiCad documentation 43 10.1 KiCad documentation on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Getting Started in etc. Bitmap2Component Convert bitmap images to components or footprints *.lib, *.kicad_mod, *.kicad_wks PCB Calculator Calculator for components, track width, electrical spacing, color codes, and

gerbers Bitmap2ComponentConvert bitmap images to components or footprints *.lib, *.kicad_mod, *.kicad_wks PCB Calculator Calculator for components, track width, electrical spacing, color codes, and other PCB software tools, KiCad is characterised by an interesting work-flow in which schematic components and footprints are actually two separate entities. This is often the subject of discussion on Internet information about creating a component, see the section of this document titled Make schematic components in KiCad. And for more information about how to create a new footprint, see the section of this

drl, etc. Bitmap2ComponentConvert bitmap images to components or footprints *.lib, *.kicad_mod, *.kicad_wks PCB Calculator Calculator for components, track width, electrical spacing, color codes, and characterised by a unique workflow in which schematic components and footprints are separate. Only after creating a schematic are footprints assigned to the components. 2.1. Overview The KiCad workflow is comprised component library and a PCB footprint library are necessary for these two tasks. KiCad includes many components and footprints, and also has the tools to create new ones. In the picture below, you see a flowchart

unique identifiers for components in a design. They are often printed on a PCB and in assembly diagrams, and allow you to match symbols in a schematic to the corresponding components on a board. Ctrl C following way, if component pins are aligned in increasing order (a common case in practice on components such as memories, microprocessors… ): Place the first label (for example PCA0 ) Use the repetition may be necessary to join power nets of different names (for example, GND in TTL components and VSS in MOS components). To accomplish this, add a power port symbol for each net and connect them with

unique identifiers for components in a design. They are often printed on a PCB and in assembly diagrams, and allow you to match symbols in a schematic to the corresponding components on a board. In KiCad following way, if component pins are aligned in increasing order (a common case in practice on components such as memories, microprocessors… ): Place the first label (for example PCA0 ) Use the repetition may be necessary to join power nets of different names (for example, GND in TTL components and VSS in MOS components). To accomplish this, add a power port symbol for each net and connect them with

unique identifiers for components in a design. They are often printed on a PCB and in assembly diagrams, and allow you to match symbols in a schematic to the corresponding components on a board. In KiCad following way, if component pins are aligned in increasing order (a common case in practice on components such as memories, microprocessors… ): Place the first label (for example PCA0 ) Use the repetition may be necessary to join power nets of different names (for example, GND in TTL components and VSS in MOS components). To accomplish this, add a power symbol for each net and connect them with a wire

unique identifiers for components in a design. They are often printed on a PCB and in assembly diagrams, and allow you to match symbols in a schematic to the corresponding components on a board. In KiCad following way, if component pins are aligned in increasing order (a common case in practice on components such as memories, microprocessors… ): Place the first label (for example PCA0 ) Use the repetition a power rail. This happens in designs where the power is provided through connectors or other components that are not marked as power outputs. In these cases ERC won’t detect any Output Power pins connected

concepts A printed circuit board in KiCad is generally made up of footprints representing electronic components and their pads, nets defining how those pads connect to each other, tracks, vias, and filled zones 3-dimensional view of the board and the components on the board. You can view the board from different perspectives, show or hide different types of components, cross-probe from the PCB Editor to the orthographic projection Show/hide 3D models for through-hole components Show/hide 3D models for surface mount components Show/hide 3D models for components of type 'other' Net inspector The Net Inspector allows

generate a bill of materials that lists all of the components in the design. BOMs are configurable: you can select which components are included, how components are ordered, which symbol fields are included contents The exported BOM will contain exactly the components (rows) and fields (columns) shown in the Edit tab, with the same grouping and sorting. Components with the Exclude from BOM attribute set are shown shown in the Edit tab but will not be included in the BOM export. Components with the DNP (do not populate) attribute set can be optionally excluded from both the table in the Edit tab and the exported