In development · Hardware and firmware

KiCad Libraries

One symbol and footprint library behind every board in the portfolio, so nothing drifts.

Anyone who has shipped a board with a footprint that was almost right.

Animated schematic of board bring-up. Signal shapes are representative rather than captured.

What it is

A shared KiCad symbol, footprint and 3D model library used by all company hardware, so a part means the same thing on every board.

Capabilities

Anyone who has shipped a board with a footprint that was almost right.

Single source of truth
Single source of truth for symbols, footprints and 3D models across every hardware project

How it works

This is how KiCad Libraries works, not a set of steps you can follow yet — it is in development and not distributed.

Start from the platform
The build has no generated vendor code in it, so the first layer is already readable.
Bring up the board
Drivers, clock tree and peripherals are hand-written and unit-testable off-target.
Ship and debug it
When something is wrong, the layer that is wrong is one you can open.

Specification

Read from the repository at build time rather than typed onto a marketing page.

Related work

Button Box PCB and mechanical hardware for a sim-racing control box CAN-to-USB A CAN bus to USB converter, firmware and board STM32 Platform A firmware platform for STM32 with no vendor code in the build

Ask about licensing the platform, a board bring-up, or contract firmware work.