Configuration files are in well documented plain text, which helps with interfacing version control systems, as well as with automated component generation scripts. There are also tools to help with importing components from other EDA applications, for instance EAGLE. The custom components can be available on a per-project basis or installed for use in any project. Many component libraries are available, and users can add custom components.
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KiCad is a cross-platform program, written in C++ with wxWidgets to run on FreeBSD, Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. KiCad uses an integrated environment for all of the stages of the design process: Schematic capture, PCB layout, Gerber file generation/visualization, and library editing. Bitmap2Component – tool to convert images to footprints for PCB artwork.Eeschema – the schematic capture editor.
Contributions may be made through the links on KiCad's website. CERN hopes to contribute further to the development of KiCad by hiring a developer through donations. This was the first release featuring the more advanced tools implemented by CERN developers. KiCad adopted a point release versioning scheme in December 2015 starting with KiCad 4.0.0. Notably in 2013 the CERN BE-CO-HT section started contributing resources towards KiCad to help foster open hardware development by helping improve KiCad to be on par with commercial EDA tools. Since then KiCad has gained a number of both volunteer and paid contributors. KiCad was created in 1992 by Jean-Pierre Charras while working at IUT de Grenoble.
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