2.0 -//Pentabarf//Schedule//EN PUBLISH XHVVSA@@pretalx.kicad.org -XHVVSA Welcome to KiCon Europe 2026 en en 20260907T091500 20260907T095000 0.03500

Welcome to KiCon Europe 2026

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/XHVVSA/ Main Stage Seth Hillbrand PUBLISH PU8PZL@@pretalx.kicad.org -PU8PZL KiCad Project Status en en 20260907T095500 20260907T103500 0.04000

KiCad Project Status

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/PU8PZL/ Main Stage Wayne Stambaugh PUBLISH MCX8L3@@pretalx.kicad.org -MCX8L3 prod-to-go - board test rigs from KiCad - automated en en 20260907T105000 20260907T113000 0.04000

prod-to-go - board test rigs from KiCad - automated

A picture says more than a thousand words. How about a video? :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJKvEdpKSwc. Please find further information about us and prod-to-go at https://www.eub.se/. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/MCX8L3/ Main Stage Magnus Axelsson Simon Lindh PUBLISH N8HJEB@@pretalx.kicad.org -N8HJEB From Layout to Prototype: 3D Models in the Design Workflow en en 20260907T113000 20260907T120000 0.03000

From Layout to Prototype: 3D Models in the Design Workflow

This workflow helps validate mechanical compatibility early—reducing iteration time and improving confidence before production. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/N8HJEB/ Main Stage Raphael Specht PUBLISH MMCLQE@@pretalx.kicad.org -MMCLQE ngspice - recent and upcoming developments for KiCad's simulation engine en en 20260907T130000 20260907T133000 0.03000

ngspice - recent and upcoming developments for KiCad's simulation engine

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/MMCLQE/ Main Stage Holger Vogt PUBLISH CVGKRE@@pretalx.kicad.org -CVGKRE KiCAD-Prism: Git-Native, Self-Hosted Collaboration and Library Governance for KiCad Teams en en 20260907T133500 20260907T141500 0.04000

KiCAD-Prism: Git-Native, Self-Hosted Collaboration and Library Governance for KiCad Teams

This talk follows Pixxel's move from Altium/OrCAD to KiCad for satellite avionics hardware, the workflow gaps that showed up after the editor switch, and how KiCAD-Prism was developed and adopted to bring back review, library governance, and release discipline on an open-source, Git-native stack. **KiCAD-Prism** is an open-source, self-hosted platform that keeps KiCad as the editor and Git as the source of truth. On top of your existing Git based project repositories, Prism provides: - Browser review of schematics, PCBs, 3D views, and BOMs with cross-probe and comment tracking - Commit history and visual diffs - Library Manager with submit, verify, and release workflows - Remote Symbol Provider for placing approved parts in desktop KiCad - KiCad jobset based workflows and an Assets portal for fabrication outputs and renders - Self-hosted deployment with OIDC SSO and role-based access ### Talk outline (~40 min) - Introduction and context (~5 min) - Workflow gaps and why Prism exists (~5 min) - Live Guided Demo: (~20 min) - Project import & Git integration - Interactive schematic/PCB review & visual diffs - Library Manager: Submit, verify, and release workflows - Placing approved remote symbols directly in desktop KiCad - Future roadmap and Q&A (~10 min) ### Prerequisites Basic familiarity with KiCad and Git. Experience using commercial ECAD collaboration platforms (e.g., Altium 365) is helpful context, but not required. #### Links Project links Repository: https://github.com/krishna-swaroop/KiCAD-Prism License: Apache Software License 2.0 Acknowledgements: [ecad-viewer](https://github.com/Huaqiu-Electronics/ecad-viewer), [KiCanvas](https://github.com/theacodes/kicanvas), [kicad-monkey](https://github.com/wavenumber-eng/kicad_monkey), [Interactive HTML BOM](https://github.com/openscopeproject/InteractiveHtmlBom) PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/CVGKRE/ Main Stage Matteo Parenti Krishna Swaroop Dhulipalla PUBLISH X3AAFA@@pretalx.kicad.org -X3AAFA Kikakuka: KiCad Workspace / Panelizer / Build Variants / Differ en en 20260907T142000 20260907T150000 0.04000

Kikakuka: KiCad Workspace / Panelizer / Build Variants / Differ

This talk will cover: * The use cases that motivated Kikakuka and go beyond KiCad’s built-in capabilities * Managing multiple projects with the Workspace Manager * Visually comparing schematic and PCB revisions with the Differ * Creating panels and build variants * Importing and processing Gerber files * Automating workflows through the CLI * Integrating KiCad with FreeCAD * Multi-PCB assemblies * FPC bending * Current limitations and what still requires changes in KiCad itself Source code: [github.com/buganini/Kikakuka](https://github.com/buganini/Kikakuka) PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/X3AAFA/ Main Stage Kuan-Chung Chiu (Buganini) PUBLISH PPMGBN@@pretalx.kicad.org -PPMGBN No Wires Attached: A KiCad-Designed Rigid-Flex Harness Operating in Space en en 20260907T151500 20260907T155500 0.04000

No Wires Attached: A KiCad-Designed Rigid-Flex Harness Operating in Space

Cable harnesses are a major cost, integration and reliability driver in spacecraft development. Conventional solutions require numerous individual wires, connectors, crimp contacts, strain-relief provisions and manual assembly steps. Depending on the application, connectors and cable terminations may additionally require securing or encapsulation. Every cable, connector and auxiliary material must also be assessed with regard to its suitability for the space environment, including material compatibility and outgassing requirements. For a deployable spacecraft structure, we therefore investigated whether a distributed sensor harness could be implemented as a rigid-flex PCB instead. The resulting design consists of a central interconnected structure with multiple flexible branches extending toward individual sensing locations. Sensors such as I²C and 1-Wire temperature sensors are mounted directly at the ends of these branches. The complete assembly wraps around the mechanical structure and provides broad sensor coverage without requiring a conventional point-to-point cable harness. A rigid-flex implementation can simplify material selection and qualification because the relevant substrate materials, coverlay or solder-mask systems, surface finishes and assembly processes are defined as part of a controlled PCB stack-up. This does not make the PCB automatically space-qualified, but it reduces the number of heterogeneous cable, connector and encapsulation materials that must be selected and assessed individually. The approach becomes particularly attractive when moving beyond a single prototype toward small- or large-series production. A conventional harness must be assembled repeatedly by hand, including cutting wires to length, stripping, crimping, routing, securing and adding strain relief. These labor-intensive operations must be performed and inspected for every individual unit. Once a rigid-flex design has been validated, however, the same PCB can be manufactured repeatedly from an unchanged design dataset. Producing one hundred units therefore does not require manually reproducing the complete harness one hundred times. This can substantially improve scalability, repeatability and quality consistency while reducing recurring assembly and inspection effort. A key part of the development process was the close integration of the PCB geometry with the mechanical CAD model. The three-dimensional folded geometry and overall envelope of the flex harness were developed in CATIA. A sheet-metal design workbench, normally used to model bent metal parts with defined bend radii, proved particularly useful for creating the curved, flat geometry of the harness. The resulting three-dimensional shape could then be unfolded into a planar contour and imported into KiCad as the basis for the PCB outline. This workflow made it possible to integrate the flex assembly directly into the mechanical design instead of treating the harness as a separate component added at a later stage. Despite the tight tolerances of the assembled structure, all harness components fitted correctly after the first fabrication run. The presentation will cover the interaction between CATIA and KiCad, the definition of rigid and flexible regions, routing through curved and mechanically constrained areas, component placement at remote sensor locations, manufacturing constraints, mechanical integration and the design decisions driven by the intended space environment. The system was launched into a 530 km Sun-synchronous orbit in March 2026 and has been delivering data since April. Parts of the rigid-flex assembly are installed on the exterior of the spacecraft structure and are directly exposed to the space environment, including temperatures ranging from −35 °C to +80 °C and atomic oxygen. The complete sensor network has so far operated without failures. The project originated from DLR technology-transfer activities and contributed to the formation of ADPERA, a spin-off developing deployable structures for creating large systems in space, such as instrument masts, photovoltaic generators and antennas. It provides a practical example of how KiCad can be used not only to design electronics, but also to replace a mechanically complex spacecraft subsystem with an integrated, flight-proven PCB solution. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/PPMGBN/ Main Stage Marco Straubel PUBLISH ARDDAY@@pretalx.kicad.org -ARDDAY Predicting and Optimizing Flex PCB Shapes for Space Electronics en en 20260907T160000 20260907T163000 0.03000

Predicting and Optimizing Flex PCB Shapes for Space Electronics

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/ARDDAY/ Main Stage Manuel Gonzalez PUBLISH EJRZTH@@pretalx.kicad.org -EJRZTH Automate the Boring Half en en 20260907T163500 20260907T171500 0.04000

Automate the Boring Half

This talk targets the boring half instead: annotating designs with intent, enforcing a library style guide, and generating handoff docs - all in plain KiCad and markdown files. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/EJRZTH/ Main Stage Tom Elliot PUBLISH GRNYRH@@pretalx.kicad.org -GRNYRH Open hardware USB/IP bridge en en 20260908T091500 20260908T095500 0.04000

Open hardware USB/IP bridge

USB/IP hardware is a good board to design in KiCad because it collides three demanding subsystems on one small board. The selection of the MCU is based on the whole point: to avoid the RAM that made SoCs expensive during the ongoing DRAM shortage. Therefore the board is built around a RISC-V microcontroller that runs entirely from on-chip memory. Almost 1 MB of internal RAM no external DDR and still integrates the two peripherals this job actually needs: - a high-speed USB port - a Gigabit Ethernet MAC That combination in a single, low-cost QFN package is what makes a per-device USB/IP bridge cheap enough to deploy. We'll cover USB and Ethernet from the signal up and look at what the differential pairs actually carry, why they need controlled impedance and length matching, selecting the Ethernet magnetics and more. Since the board is designed to be distributed to developers it needs to be optimized for manufacturing and easy bring-up. That means test points laid out so QA can be done efficiently without specialist knowledge. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/GRNYRH/ Main Stage Petr Hodina PUBLISH WTJGUF@@pretalx.kicad.org -WTJGUF OpenOrCadParser: A Reverse-Engineering Journey en en 20260908T100000 20260908T104000 0.04000

OpenOrCadParser: A Reverse-Engineering Journey

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/WTJGUF/ Main Stage Dominik Wernberger PUBLISH XYGDDW@@pretalx.kicad.org -XYGDDW Product Lifecycle Management in KiCad en en 20260908T105500 20260908T113500 0.04000

Product Lifecycle Management in KiCad

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/XYGDDW/ Main Stage Tjark Gaudich PUBLISH RNACET@@pretalx.kicad.org -RNACET Scientific Electronic Development in Germany - transitioning to KiCad ? en en 20260908T114000 20260908T122000 0.04000

Scientific Electronic Development in Germany - transitioning to KiCad ?

An introduction to SEI, the conference of the scientific instrumentation study group, including some highlights, along with our proposal to SEI members to contribute to KiCad and its libraries, and some spotlights of electronics development at universities and research centers in Germany. see https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/projects/sei/ PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/RNACET/ Main Stage Peter Kämmerling PUBLISH 3H7FZE@@pretalx.kicad.org -3H7FZE Teachning KiCad to Beginners en en 20260908T132000 20260908T140000 0.04000

Teachning KiCad to Beginners

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/3H7FZE/ Main Stage cpresser PUBLISH 3BHTZ8@@pretalx.kicad.org -3BHTZ8 PCBJam: KiCad on the Web en en 20260908T140500 20260908T144500 0.04000

PCBJam: KiCad on the Web

We're a team developing PCBJam, a collaborative KiCad port that works on the web. We have a non-collaborative demo at https://demo.pcbjam.com/ but our product that will be out ( fingers crossed ) in the following few weeks with Figma-like collaboration ( see other people's cursors, selection, follow them ), commentings, shareable libraries etc, a better plugin system etc. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/3BHTZ8/ Main Stage Viktor Vaczi PUBLISH MKRHZS@@pretalx.kicad.org -MKRHZS Miniaturise your designs in KiCad en en 20260908T150000 20260908T154000 0.04000

Miniaturise your designs in KiCad

This talk will go through various ways of miniaturizing PCBs. The talk will present methods that are ranging from quite common to advanced hacks and some that challenge good design practices when space is constrained. Examples in KiCad will be presented when possible. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/MKRHZS/ Main Stage Sigurd Henriksen PUBLISH GYMTBL@@pretalx.kicad.org -GYMTBL Five Levels of Documentation and Annotation en en 20260908T154500 20260908T162500 0.04000

Five Levels of Documentation and Annotation

We will start with some general philosophy regarding the how, what and why to document. Then the main topics will be five general approaches, starting with simple text boxes and ending with fancy graphs. For each one we will show some examples and demonstrations from real projects in KiCad, to help illustrate how one can implement these ideas in practice. PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/GYMTBL/ Main Stage Artemis M PUBLISH MQQA3H@@pretalx.kicad.org -MQQA3H Pin-to-Pad Mapping in KiCad 11 en en 20260908T163000 20260908T171000 0.04000

Pin-to-Pad Mapping in KiCad 11

PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/MQQA3H/ Main Stage Damjan Prerad PUBLISH VW9GEN@@pretalx.kicad.org -VW9GEN Wikipedia for Datasheets with Datasheets.md en en 20260908T171000 20260908T175000 0.04000

Wikipedia for Datasheets with Datasheets.md

A practical walkthrough of turning datasheet PDFs into usable library parts: layout recovery and OCR, schema-driven parameter extraction across manufacturers, pin table to symbol generation, footprint matching against the stock KiCad libraries, and provenance so every number links back to its source page. Ends with a live demo — PDF in, symbol and footprint out — and an open API plus MCP server for AI tools. Project link: https://datasheets.md PUBLIC CONFIRMED Talk https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-europe-2026/talk/VW9GEN/ Main Stage Dennis Yaskevich