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Package: kicad (0.0.20060829-1) [universe]

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Maintainer:

Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.

Original Maintainers (usually from Debian):

  • Debian Kicad Team
  • Richard Antony Burton
  • Daniel J. Priem

It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.

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Electronic schematic and PCB design software

Kicad is an open source suite of programs for the creation of printed circuit boards. It includes a schematic editor, a PCB layout tool, support tools and a 3D viewer to display a finished & fully populated PCB.

Kicad is made of 5 main components:

 * kicad - project manager
 * eeschema - schematic editor
 * pcbnew - PCB editor
 * gerbview - GERBER viewer
 * cvpcb - footprint selector for components

Libraries:

 * Both eeschema and pcbnew have library managers and editors for their
   components and footprints
 * You can easily create, edit, delete and exchange library items
 * Documentation files can be associated with components, footprints and key
   words, allowing a fast search by function
 * Very large libraries are available for schematic components and footprints
 * Most components have corresponding 3D models

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Download for all available architectures
Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 2,183.5 kB6260 kB [list of files]
i386 2,117.8 kB5808 kB [list of files]
powerpc 2,327.5 kB6240 kB [list of files]