I spoke at KiCon Asia 2025 in Shenzhen about something I'm passionate about: eliminating "learning debt" in electronics education.
KiCad is the only PCB tool you can learn once and use for life—from student projects to commercial products. What do you think?
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Two major releases for @kicad.org and FreeCAD in the last weeks. The new versions offer manynnew improvements!
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#FreeCAD #KiCAD #OpenSource #FOSS #CAD
That is the new autosave/backup system. You can disable that or add .history to your gitignore if you have git configured to add hidden files by default
AISLER now fully supports KiCad10 - Simply upload your PCB or ODB++ or use our plugin.
To be honest, we might be a bit biased, as a sponsor of @kicad.org - but we love KiCad 10 and naturally fully support it 🧡
See our favourite features in our community post: community.aisler.net/t/kicad-10-i...
What is your favourite new feature? 🥰
#KiCad #Electronics #Technology #Manufacturing
KiCad Windows Dark Mode
KiCad schematic hop overs
KiCad Graphical Rule Editor
KiCad version 10 is out today! Lots of features, lots of speed. We hope you like it. www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03...
KiCad booth at DesignCon
KiCad will be at Booth 1264 at #DesignCon2026 today and Thursday. Stop by and chat with us and test drive KiCad v10!
The KiCad logo under a funnel with other EDA logos being fed into the funnel
KiCad version 10 coming soon with some exciting new features including new importers!
www.kicad.org/blog/2026/02...
KiCad has released a new packaging format for Linux. You can know run the latest KiCad using AppImage. This is still in testing, so please give it a spin and let us know if something doesn't work correctly. You can find them at downloads.kicad.org
Approved by Arturo™. Definitely going for a new motto
Hand drawn "K" with symbolic people behind it. A large hand is placed a coin with a heart on it on top of the "K". The image has watercolor shading and says "2026 SUPPORT"
KiCad is has started our annual fund drive to support the release of v10 and development of v11! Want to know what your support helped build in 2025? Read all about it at www.kicad.org/blog/2026/01...
With your help, v11 will be amazing. Help donate here: donate.kicad.org
Holiday drawing of a christmas tree with ornaments and a large circuit in the center. Over the top is a banner saying "KiCad 9.0.7RC2 Released!" On the bottom is a compass with "Winter 2025" written on it.
We were working to get 9.0.7 out in time for the holidays, but we just missed! 9.0.7RC2 is very likely going to be 9.0.7 so please give it a spin and let us know if you see any issues.
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KiCad 10 is almost here! That means we need to update our demos. This highlight the features and workflows used in real world KiCad projects.
Do you have a favorite project? Nominate them here and we'll reach out to see if they'd like to be featured forms.gle/jHcrZhgStHF3...
Dr. Peter Dalmaris gave an amazing talk on learning, KiCad and how we move into the future at KiCon Asia 2025. Watch out for the drop bears though.
youtu.be/dMHChUcpDoQ
Every third Wednesday, we could come up with some fake work for you to do also. 😉
No, vam dibuixar la imatge sencera com si miressis dins d’una capsa perquè volíem que tingués un aire de mash-up entre l’art déco dels 60 i el neoplasticisme. Però al final les dimensions no ens quadraven per a xarxes, així que la vam retallar a una perspectiva 2,5x2.
Why, yes! It was created using a digital illustration tool called "Inkscape". I highly recommend it.
That's because I was pasting in the stock logo and mashing it for the perspective. Didn't come out quite right but this was a quick job.
No. Not AI. Work is owned by KiCad, hence no additioinal attribution needed.
Stylized image of 5 people sitting around a table. The man on the left has a KiCad shirt on.
Job opening at KiCad! We're looking to hire a full-time, remote C++ programmer in the US or EU. Details and application at jobs.kipro-pcb.com/jobs/Careers
Join our team and build the future of EDA software!
KiCad & Aisler partner for a DECEMBER GIFT: 20% off all orders with KiCad plugin. https://community.aisler.net/t/december-gift-for-the-kicad-community-20-off On the left, we show an example board image over the text "European Manufacturing High Quality PCBs" On the right is an image of two hands shaking over the globe and the caption "Supports the KiCad Community everytime you use the plugin"
This December is a great time to try out the @aisler.net plugin for KiCad and get an extra discount! They are a long time friend of KiCad and using their plugin is a easy way to support the KiCad EDA community.
Andrew Greenberg from PSU, gives a masterclass in making intelligible, useful schematic diagrams at KiCon North America
youtu.be/X0hd_v8qRiY
I'm pleased to share the schematic AND Kicad project for Pebble 2 Duo - useful if you are have fun hacking! github.com/coredevices/...
Cartoon trick or treaters receiving KiCad version 9.0.6. Caption says "No Tricks, Only Treats This Year"
www.kicad.org/blog/2025/10...
FOSDEM 2026, FreeCAD Day and the Open Hardware and CAD/CAM Devroom Cfp
Every year there's lot's of FreeCAD activity centred around the fantastic FOSDEM event in Brussels.
blog.freecad.org/2025/10/28/f...
#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #CAD #CAM #OSHW #FreeCAD #Events #Announcement
The post has the caption: Power up your design. Diotec BJT transistors are now available in the AISLER Lovely Library for KiCad. Below that, multiple progress bars are shown. 18% for BJT Transistors 48% for MOSFETs 100% for Digital Transistors 100% for constant current diodes
We are constantly adding new parts to our Lovely Library and are proud to announce that we added the first batch of BJT transistors by Diotec Semiconductor AG.
Accelerate your design process with quality, ready-to-use ECAD parts for @kicad.org
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#kicad #electronics
💥 You Design, We Donate.
Share your project on kicadprojects.com. For every share, NextPCB will donate $10 to @kicad.org on behalf of you.
Let's build the future of EDA, together. Share yours!
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They are in the manufacturing boards business. They would like more people ordering boards from them. Having a centralized repository makes ordering them easier. Your license is not overridden by the host
100% legit. @nextpcb.bsky.social are wonderful supporters of the KiCad project and we will be making a blog post about this new OSHW site soon
Man standing in front of large group presenting
Wayne Stambaugh covers the plan for v10 at #KiCon Europe
Room of people with presenter at front
Charles Gayot starts off KiCon Europe 2025 with awesome talk on LLMs in KiCad