Issue link: https://resources.mouser.com/i/1504775
2 Welcome KiCad is a free and open-source electronics design automation (EDA) suite. It features schematic capture, integrated circuit simulation, printed circuit board (PCB) layout, 3D rendering, and plotting/data export to numerous formats. KiCad also includes a high-quality component library featuring thousands of symbols, footprints, and 3D models. KiCad has minimal system requirements and runs on Linux, Windows, and macOS. KiCad 6.0 is the most recent major release. It includes hundreds of new features and bug fixes. Some of the most notable new features include: A new schematic file format that embeds schematic symbols that are used in a design, meaning there is no longer the need for a separate cache library file. A new project file format that separates out display settings (such as which layers are visible in the PCB editor) so that these types of settings no longer cause changes to the board file or main project file, making KiCad easier to use with version control systems. A major overhaul of the schematic editor bringing its behavior in line with the PCB editor and conventions used by most other graphical editing software. Object selection and dragging now works the way most users expect when coming from other software. Support for buses of arbitrary signals, custom wire and junction colors per net, alternate pin functions, and many other new schematic features. A new design rule system in the PCB editor supporting custom rules that can be used to constrain complex designs with high voltage, signal integrity, RF, or other specialty needs. A number of improvements to the PCB editor's capabilities, including support for rounded (arc) track routing, hatched zone fills, rectangle primitives, new dimension styles, removing pad and via copper on unconnected layers, object grouping, locking, and much more. More flexible configuration of mouse behavior, hotkeys, color themes, coordinate systems, cross- probing behavior, interactive routing behavior, and much more. A new side panel UI for the PCB editor featuring layer visibility presets, opacity control of different object types, per-net and per-netclass coloring and visibility, and a new selection filter to control what types of objects can be selected. A redesigned look and feel, including a new design language used for all tool icons, a new default color theme, and support for dark window themes on Linux and macOS. A full listing of new features and changes in KiCad 6.0 can be found here.