Overview of Kicad Kicad is a Free Sofware application to design PCBs It covers both schematic design and PCB drawing It's getting pretty complete over the years Unfortunately, it means it's getting a little more complex too The main schematic tool is called "eeschema" Schematic files, called "*.sch", are ASCII texts It relies on a library of components There is a rich default library of components More components are found online, with a free license You can design yours, as usual The PCB design tool is called "pcbnew" The file is called "*.kicad_pcb", and it is an ASCII text It relies on a library of footprints There is a rich default library of footprints More footprints are found online with a free license You can design yours, as usual