. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5 Forward annotation in KiCad 32 6 Make schematic components in KiCad 34 6.1 Using Component Library Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 6.3 Make schematic components with quicklib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6.4 Make a high pin count schematic component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Getting Started in KiCad iv 7 Make component footprints 41 7.1 Using Footprint Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

KiCad has plenty of both. Just in case that is not enough, KiCad also has the tools necessary to make new ones. In the picture below, you see a flowchart representing the KiCad work-flow. The picture section of this document titled Make schematic components in KiCad. And for more information about how to create a new footprint, see the section of this document titled Make component footprints. On the library components. For more information about quicklib, refer to the section of this document titled Make Schematic Components With quicklib. 2.2. Forward and backward annotation Once an electronic schematic

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Getting Started in KiCad iv 6 Forward annotation in KiCad 31 7 Make schematic symbols in KiCad 33 7.1 Using Component Library Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7.3 Make schematic components with quicklib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 7.4 Make a high pin count schematic component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 8 Make component footprints 39 8.1 Using Footprint Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

chose is now in your history list, appearing as R. Click OK and place the component. 14. In case you make a mistake and want to delete a component, right click on the component and click Delete. This will component MYCONN3 for our 3-pin connector. You can jump to the section titled Make Schematic Symbols in KiCad to learn how to make this component from scratch and then return to this section to continue with This is a useful technique when connecting wires in a complex design where drawing the lines would make the whole schematic messier. To place a label you do not necessarily need a wire, you can simply attach

components are in the design and how they are connected; the board editor uses this information to make layout easier and to prevent mismatches between the schematic and PCB. The layout process requires Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will create and ground symbols to the schematic. While not strictly necessary in such a simple schematic, these make it easier to understand large schematics. A number of power and ground symbols are available in the

components are in the design and how they are connected; the board editor uses this information to make layout easier and to prevent mismatches between the schematic and PCB. The layout process requires Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will create and ground symbols to the schematic. While not strictly necessary in such a simple schematic, these make it easier to understand large schematics. A number of power and ground symbols are available in the

components are in the design and how they are connected; the board editor uses this information to make layout easier and to prevent mismatches between the schematic and PCB. The layout process requires Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will create and ground symbols to the schematic. While not strictly necessary in such a simple schematic, these make it easier to understand large schematics. A number of power and ground symbols are available in the

components are in the design and how they are connected; the board editor uses this information to make layout easier and to prevent mismatches between the schematic and PCB. The layout process requires Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will create and ground symbols to the schematic. While not strictly necessary in such a simple schematic, these make it easier to understand large schematics. A number of power and ground symbols are available in the

components are in the design and how they are connected; the board editor uses this information to make layout easier and to prevent mismatches between the schematic and PCB. The layout process requires Project, browse to your desired location, and give your project a name, such as getting-started . Make sure the Create a new folder for the project checkbox is ticked, then click Save. This will create and ground symbols to the schematic. While not strictly necessary in such a simple schematic, these make it easier to understand large schematics. A number of power and ground symbols are available in the

volunteer technical writers work on this task, and we welcome new contributors who would like to help make KiCad’s documentation better than ever. Copyright This document is Copyright © 2010-2024 by its by current library symbol. By choosing a new symbol in the New Library Reference column, you can make all instances of the existing symbol instead point to the new symbol. If the Update symbol fields Electrical Connections There are two primary ways to establish connections: wires and labels. Wires make direct connections, while labels connect to other labels with the same name. Both wires and labels