KiCad EDA for Windows is a powerful open-source toolkit. It is used to develop projects of electrical circuits and printed circuit boards.
KiCad EDA features
- creating of schemes and boards;
- work with accompanying technical documentation;
- printing by layers;
- work with projects.
Program features
This suite consists of several components and includes tools for editing electrical circuits and printed circuit boards (individual components), a plugin for viewing templates, tools for selecting locations for components and a manager for organizing created projects. Each component is provided with a graphical interface. The first step in working on a project is to drag the necessary elements into the workspace, create links, and organize their signatures. You can then start creating accompanying documentation.
Advantages of
- user-friendly work with boards and schemes.
Drawbacks
- The help documentation is only available in English.