KiCad 8.0

The on-schematic visualization of simulation results, as well as improved result viewer and on-the-fly calculation of quantities such as power, are awesome features.

Re: KiCad 8.0

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Post by themoonisachees » Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 6:45 AM UTC

Shoutouts to kicad for being there when the alternatives are multiple hundreds of dollars. I'm not good enough at PCB design to make my own, but I had to download kicad to find that out.

Re: KiCad 8.0

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Post by fleventynine » Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 9:30 AM UTC

I use Kicad regularly, and I encourage others who also use it to donate an amount similar to an annual license for the proprietary competitors. The team has already proven that they can maintain such a useful tool with a tiny budget, imagine what they could do if they had the same annual budget as Altium...

Re: KiCad 8.0

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Post by Always42 » Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 10:19 AM UTC

I use altium professionaly, and kicad for personal projects.

it it more than capable for what I need (think simple 4layer boards) and overall kicad 7 has been a great experience on apple silicon.

I have not attempted high layer count or high speed design (ddr4 ram etc.). so I cannot speak to how it performs here.

but I plan to continue using it for personal projects. if I where to do a startup I would also probably use kicad.

Re: KiCad 8.0

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Post by Always42 » Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 10:20 AM UTC

satiric wrote: post #3

Editable power symbols is a very welcome change. It's a small thing but it was quite annoying not being able to edit them like you can in Altium etc.

yes, trying out kicad from altium, this is a welcome change.

Re: KiCad 8.0

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Post by junon » Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 10:28 AM UTC

Here it is! I talked to the KiCad team at FOSDEM and they were so pleasant to chat with. I had questions as a hobbyist, they answered in depth, and even asked me which features I wished KiCad had. They said a lot of the QoL stuff was upcoming in KiCad 8, so I'm stoked to test this out later today.

Thank you KiCad team!

Re: KiCad 8.0

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Post by eternityforest » Sat, Feb 24, 2024, 11:00 AM UTC

Wow, that's some amazing progress! I've been using LibrePCB on the (Less and less common these days, with the number of modules out there) occasions that I need a PCB, but I will probably be trying this out soon!