CERN’s open source KiCad library gives the world 17,000 circuit board components (opens in new tab)

CERN has released its complete KiCad component library under an open source license, making it available to hardware designers anywhere in the world. The library, maintained by CERN’s Design Office, contains more than 17,000 electronic components in the form of schematic symbols and printed circuit board footprints. Layout of a printed circuit board made using KiCad (Source: CERN) KiCad is a free and open source software suite for printed circuit board design. Because it uses … More → The pos...