Kicad/Introduction

Introduction
The KiCAD suite is a group of programs for schematics and PCBs that is available for the following operating systems:
 * FreeBSD
 * GNU/Linux
 * Mac OS X -- ../Installing on Mac OS/
 * Most unix-like operating systems
 * Microsoft Windows

Programs
The following programs are delivered with the Kicad EDA Suite:

The software package includes:
 * KiCad - the project manager program that facilitates the use of all the other programs.
 * Eeschema - Schematic editor used to draw schematics
 * Pcbnew - PCB editor used to layout PCBs; generates the production files (Gerber files)
 * Cvpcb - Associate schematic components with physical modules (packages/padlayout) for placement on the PCB.
 * Gerbview - Visualize Gerber files.
 * Bitmap2Component - Convert bitmaps into symbols or footprints.
 * PCB Calculator - Calculator around PCB issues.