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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Aug 18

We're thrilled to announce the next release of KiCad: 9.0.4! www.kicad.org/blog/2025/08...

Lots of bugs fixed and performance improved. We're moving on toward 10!

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · 14d

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

KiCad EDA @kicad.org · 14d

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

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · 28d

Wayne Stambaugh covers the plan for v10 at #KiCon Europe

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · 28d

Charles Gayot starts off KiCon Europe 2025 with awesome talk on LLMs in KiCad

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Solder Party @solder.party · Sep 8

Curious about our upcoming KeebDeck products (www.keebdeck.com)?

Find us at KiCon in Bochum, Germany later this week, we’ll be showing off those boards and more!

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Sep 8

Looking forward to KiCon Europe this week! Should be a great event. pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe...

https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2025/schedule/

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Aug 18

Bummer. Spoke too soon. We can upload svg but they get converted. Any case, if you'd like a copy of the svg, just let us know

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Aug 18

Hey, look at that, Bluesky lets us upload svg files. Here's the original

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Aug 18

Nope. Hand drawn Inkscape

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Aug 18

We're thrilled to announce the next release of KiCad: 9.0.4! www.kicad.org/blog/2025/08...

Lots of bugs fixed and performance improved. We're moving on toward 10!

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Jun 10

Wayne Stambaugh's talk on the KiCad Project status at KiCon North America is now online at youtu.be/uUu6nX5VxcA

Want to join us at the next KiCon? kicon.kicad.org

KiCad Project Status - Wayne Stambaugh - KiCon North America 2025

YouTube video by KiCad

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Jun 10

Whether we can fully support Wayland is not up to us. As explained in the blog post, if the features do not exist, there is nothing we can do.

KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Jun 10

We have many questions from our Linux community about using Wayland. It is still missing basic functionality that KiCad users have come to expect. We hope that it continues to improve. But for now, if you need to use KiCad on Linux, we recommend installing X11.

www.kicad.org/blog/2025/06...

KiCad and Wayland Support

The KiCad development team frequently receives questions about our support for Wayland. Given that Fedora and Ubuntu are both planning to drop X11 support in the near future, we want to provide clear,...

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · Jun 5

Check out an excellent introduction to KiCad template design for production projects from Vincent Nguyen www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zjy...

KiCad 8.0 - Project structure, workflow and generating professional documentation

YouTube video by Vincent Nguyen

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 30

Day 2 of KiCon North America is streaming at youtube.com/live/h8s6T9p...

KiCon North America 2025 - Day 2

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 29

Amit Bahl from Sierra Circuits presenting on DFM using custom rules in KiCad at KiCon North America 2025

KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 29

Mike Engelhardt (of LTSPICE fame) talks about his new project QSPICE.

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 29

Wayne Stambaugh talking about the state of KiCad right now

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 29

Morgan Allen on KiConnect KiCad - @freecad.bsky.social interface at #kicon

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 29

KiCon North America Livestream at www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ui...

Come ask questions and get answers in realtime from speakers. Today and tomorrow 9-5 Pacific Time

2025 KICon North America

YouTube video by KiCad

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 23

Learn how Circuitly enables browser-based collaborative editing of #KiCad files through GitHub and GitLab integration.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore innovative approaches to EDA tools.

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 23

#KiCon North America 2025 is proud to have @circuitly.bsky.social as a sponsor!
Join us on May 30 at UC San Diego for their talk:
“Circuitly’s Design and Architecture: An inside look at a KiCad-compatible, git and web browser-based EDA tool.”

A name card with "Circuitly's Design and Architecture with Jeremy Gordon" printing in white text on a circuit-like background. Above the title are the logos for Circuitly and KiCon 2025. On the right is a circular picture of a man with furrowed brow looking up and to the left.

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KiCad EDA @kicad.org · May 21

It is almost time for KiCon North America 2025! We have a great lineup of talks covering many aspects of KiCad from around industry, education and research. Check out the schedule at: pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-202...

https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/schedule/

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FreeCAD @freecad.org · May 17

FreeCAD 1.0.1 is out now - get the bugfix release blog.freecad.org/2025/05/16/f...

FreeCAD 1.0.1 released

We've just released FreeCAD 1.0.1. There are no new features in this version. The 176 commits that we backported from the main development branch are fixes for various issues identified in the stab…

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Chris Wilson @cdwilson.dev · May 15

Oooh, interesting, this is the first I've heard about this QSPICE integration.

Really looking forward to @kicad.org #KiCon in a couple weeks!

“QSPICE Modeling and Simulation Tools for More Effective PCB Layout”
Mike Engelhardt; Talk

QSPICE® is SPICE-based, freely available circuit simulation software that includes tools for making JFET, MOSFET and diode models. This presentation describes and documents the interprocess communication of the different QSPICE processes so they can replace QSPICE schematics with KiCAD schematics to add simulation, marching waveforms, and cross probing to KiCAD. This will enable KiCAD users to integrate QSPICE elements that complement KiCAD capabilities to enhance their circuit simulation, model creation and layout experiences.

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