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Jatin S.

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/25/2022

"Best open source EDA tool for students"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

The best thing about KiCAD is that even though it is open source but still offers great functionalities. A very powerful tool for students who are trying to learn PCB designing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Some libraries are difficult to import. For example, footprints of certain components are difficult to find. Also, it is not machine-independent. When I tried to open our project on another computer I faced issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Udit A.

Team Leader-PCB Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/7/2022

"Nice tool for your circuit & pcb design solutions"

3.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

If you are an Electronics Engineer and looking for a tool to draw a schematic, generate it's BOM, Design a pcb, Kikad is a very simple and nice tool to fulfill all your requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

The GUI and features of Kikad can be enhanced much as compared to professional design tools used for dense circuit and pcb design. High speed pcb design and with additional simulation tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

If you are a startup company or a student, Kikad is a nice tool to start with and gaining knowledge of how to design a basic circuit, pcb and to get use of the options used for such design tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KiCad EDA solving and how is that benefiting you?

Starting from drawing a block diagram, to designing a circuit diagram, to design a pcb, generating a Bill of material, Kikad provides full fledged solutions for all your design requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/23/2022

"Best EDA software for people starting out"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

Simple UI with pretty much every feature one expect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

It should provide more component library as current ones are pretty much outdated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Alexander A.

electronics engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/13/2022

"good choice for small projects"

3.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

Cross platform. You can create and edit projects in both linux and windows. Large library of ready-made components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

After upgrading from version to version, there may be problems with preinstalled component libraries.

Often there are problems with the grid, because of which it is not possible to connect the components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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aqsa a.

Assistant electronics Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/2/2022

"Printed circuit board designing software (KiCad)"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

It's easy to design multi-layer pcbs by using kiCad. PDF files can also b generated easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

It isn't easy to manage its footprints and libraries. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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arjeeta m.

Research Assistant & Inventory Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/15/2021

"Perfect choice for a beginer."

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

Mostly I like schematic drawing & symbol making using schematic layout editor & symbol library editor in Kicad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Reviewing the PCB in 3D is not much impressive & user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

If you are a beginner I strongly recommend kicad. You will be having plenty of shortcuts for making schematics & PCB. All kinds of PCBs up to 4 to 6 layers can be done very accurately using kicad. Kicad worked for me very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KiCad EDA solving and how is that benefiting you?

I used to enter the schematic and then designing the PCB using kicad. It's Linux-based software so it's very lite to run on Computer. Accessing the tool are very easy & handy in Kicad schematic layout editor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pavel S.

electronics engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/23/2022

"great free program for hobbyist"

3.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

normal simple program and most importantly free with Linux support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

output files for production. limited functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Arka M.

Student

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/19/2021

"Great!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

The 3D visualization is helpful. Also, the customized footprints can be designed with dexterity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

The adjustments of the "Add dimensions" are little inaccurate when the Grid scaling changes. All the 3D visualization experience could be enhanced. The scrolling of the board model in 3D is lacks some smoothness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

A decent electronic PCB design automation software. And there have been several revisions, with the current 5. 1series release being major improvements over the previous 4.0 and the 5.0 series (I am currently using 5.1.8), especially with elevated levels of freedom and the scope of dexterity to the user, in designing customized models for educational, industrial, and research purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KiCad EDA solving and how is that benefiting you?

I worked on a double sided PCB, and then worked on a single sided PCB for flexible board material. The design was completed with accuracy and ease, with the Gerber files generated at the end. Also, the custom footprint options enabled the design of a board according to the user requirement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sebastian C.

VP Business Development at EU

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/19/2021

"The best open source hardware development tool"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

I have been using Kicad for more than 10 years.

So far, it is one of the best tools I have ever use, also compared with advanced tools as Altium.

I like it is easy to use, install, and maintain. I like it requires a small number of computing resources to work.

Since the team from CERN was involved in the development, a lot of new features were added as library components updated automatically from GitHub or auto-routing. Also in a Linux environment, it is super easy to use, upgrade, and integrate with git and other tools.

As a funny fact, I remember in the very very beginning of kicad more than 10 years ago, there were no undo option available, so you have to save every second, and if you made a mistake you had to close the program and open it again. This was solved around 2009, and it was a great improvement! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

It has small bugs, for example:

- when your local and global nets have the same name. It connects altogether.

- when you turn off a layer, for example, footprint back, it does not turn off the bottom copper layer, so you have to turn it manually. This option was working fine in the past, but then it was changed.

- I do not like there is not a middle option between turning on or turning off the radsnet. I would like to have on only the radnest of the component I am moving in a single time.

- Sometimes the app crashes and closes. But luckily it has an autosave feature so I haven't lost any piece of work so far.

The good news is all these small issues were fixed by the community, or it is going to be fixed soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ruoshi Z.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/18/2021

"strong recommendation for hobbyists, students, and researcher"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

I appreciate the simplicity most. KiCAD not only provides a very clear workflow of every step, but also within each workspace, the tools are very handy and they are all very useful tools! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

sometimes I need to switch between classic and modern workflow, since I kind like some of the old tools. 3d part library has two file formats, if it can be chosen during software installation would be good. if you could add more 3d features would be awesome, like introducing some virtual part and assemble them together would be great. this feature doesn't have to be solidwork-like, but would be handy to demonstrate the design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

give it a try, if you know how to use PCB tools already, this one will unbelievably easy to pick up. if you are from eagle, KiCAD is WAY BETTER. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KiCad EDA solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a researcher at university and I use KiCAD for students I mentor. I also use it by myself to work on projects. I benefit from its simplicity; I could fast prototype my board with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.