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# CERN BE-CO-HT Contribution to Kicad
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# CERN BE-CO-HT Contribution to KiCad
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This project has been set up to facilitate the contribution of CERN's
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BE-CO-HT section to the [Kicad](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/) Printed
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Circuit Board design tool development. Kicad is a Free/Libre Open Source
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BE-CO-HT section to the [KiCad](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/) Printed
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Circuit Board design tool development. KiCad is a Free/Libre Open Source
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Software Tool which runs on GNU/Linux, Windows and Apple OS X. It is
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licensed under the [GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
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license. The objective is to help enhance Kicad in such a way that it
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license. The objective is to help enhance KiCad in such a way that it
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becomes an efficient tool for PCB design which people can use to share
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their design information without compromising productivity, and to do it
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in close collaboration with the current main Kicad developers. We think
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that Kicad can do to PCB design what the gcc compiler did to software:
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in close collaboration with the current main KiCad developers. We think
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that KiCad can do to PCB design what the gcc compiler did to software:
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ensure there are no artificial barriers to sharing so that design and
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development knowledge can flow more freely. This contribution is part of
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our efforts in [Open Source Hardware](OSHW). We intend to describe our
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There is a Git repository in this project that we use to test ideas and
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as a handy temporary storage place. Please do not take this as
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representing in any way whatsoever working code we would like to merge
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into the Kicad main tree. Contributions to Kicad will happen through the
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Kicad developers mailing list, in the standard ways defined by the main
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Kicad
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into the KiCad main tree. Contributions to KiCad will happen through the
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KiCad developers mailing list, in the standard ways defined by the main
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KiCad
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developers.
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![](/uploads/ca4cb16f48b3abcdf6d93c4f4e7da6aa/kicad_pcbnew_small.png)
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*Kicad PCB layout snapshot, taken from http://www.kicad-pcb.org**
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*KiCad PCB layout snapshot, taken from http://www.kicad-pcb.org**
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# Donations
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<tr class="even">
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<td>11-04-2013</td>
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<td><a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg09893.html">Project announced</a> in the Kicad developers mailing list</td>
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<td><a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg09893.html">Project announced</a> in the KiCad developers mailing list</td>
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<td>11-04-2013</td>
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<td>Maciej Sumiński submits a preliminary version of the <a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/cern-kicad/wikis/WorkPackages#3-View-component">View component</a> to the Kicad developers list</td>
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<td>Maciej Sumiński submits a preliminary version of the <a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/cern-kicad/wikis/WorkPackages#3-View-component">View component</a> to the KiCad developers list</td>
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<td>09-07-2013</td>
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<td>Maciej Sumiński submits a second release of the <a href="https://www.ohwr.org/project/cern-kicad/wikis/WorkPackages#3-View-component">View component</a> for testing purposes</td>
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