Guides

Walkthroughs for the things you will actually do in KiCad, written for this course.

Do not have KiCad yet? Download it free from kicad.org/download, then follow Installing KiCad. These guides are written against KiCad 10.

Installing KiCad

Download and install KiCad 10 on Windows, macOS, or Linux, and confirm it works before the first lecture.

Reference

Hotkey cheat sheet

The keyboard shortcuts worth memorising, for the schematic and board editors.

Official KiCad 10 documentation

The complete manual, from the KiCad project itself.