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Kicad Notes post A collection of Kicad related links and notes. /assets/blog/kicad/kicad.png /assets/blog/kicad/kicad.png /assets/blog/kicad A screenshot of some PCB traces from the PCB design program KiCAD. The traces are in red with white labels like "GND" and "5v". Some of the traces are for power and are very wide while others are just for signals and are very narrow. <script type="module" src="/assets/js/kicanvas.js"></script>

A list of kicad related resources and tools.

JLCPCB

LCSC

Gingerbread

A nice web based tool for converting SVG artwork into Kicad files.

KiKit

An automation tool for Kicad, allowing automatic panelisation, generation of html board pages and other things. Example github action using kikit

Pinion

Makes interactive, nice-looking pinout diagrams for pcbs.

pcb2blender

Export kicad to blender for nicely lit renders Related: pcbdraw