KiCon Europe 2026

Pin-to-Pad Mapping in KiCad 11
09-08, 16:30–17:10 (Europe/Berlin), Main Stage

One part, many packages. Each package numbers its pins its own way. Until now that meant making a copy of the symbol or every pinout. KiCad 11 fixes this, you keep one symbol, and a small table tells each footprint where the pins go. This talk shows the problem, the fix, how to use it in your projects.

I am an embedded software engineer with a master's degree in Electronics and Telecommunications and extensive experience in performance-critical embedded systems. My background includes automotive, radar, and edge-AI applications, with a strong emphasis on hardware-aware optimization and Linux-based development.