KiCon Europe 2024

Managing PCB Assembly Variants with KiVar
09-20, 10:40–11:30 (Europe/Berlin), Main Hall

This talk will enable you to quickly and efficiently create PCB assembly variants and switch between them conveniently and safely with KiVar.

You will learn about the concepts of KiVar, how it is different from existing tools and how it can help you manage variants in your KiCad projects with ease.

All variant management features are presented and illustrated using simple examples.

The KiVar project: https://kivar.markh.de

See also: Managing PCB Assembly Variants with KiVar (incl. extra slides) with embedded videos (9.2 MB)

Hardware engineer and embedded systems enthusiast.
Longtime passionate KiCad user, privately and professionally.
Contributed a large part of the German translation since version 6.
Author of KiVar, a tool for switching KiCad PCB assembly variants.