BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//pretalx.kicad.org// BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:PST BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10;UNTIL=20061029T100000Z TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20071104T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000402T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=4;UNTIL=20060402T110000Z TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20070311T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-QLFHFW@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T090000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T093000 DESCRIPTION:Welcome talk DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Welcome to KiCon - Seth Hillbrand URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/QLFHFW/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-3KR7GX@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T094000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T102000 DESCRIPTION:With the release of FreeCAD 1.0 last year and KiCAD v9 introduc ing it's new long-term API it's time to follow up on my 2019 KiCon threat of improving interoperability between these two CAD suites. KiConnect is a new Workbench for FreeCAD that uses the KiCAD 9 API for bidirectional man ipulation of PCBs and their components. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Introducing KiConnect - Morgan Allen URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/3KR7GX/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-9XU7LS@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T105000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T115000 DESCRIPTION:The current state of the KiCad project. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:KiCad Project Status - Wayne Stambaugh URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/9XU7LS/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-GNLGN8@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T115000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T123000 DESCRIPTION:Wavenumber LLC is a 'full stack' product design firm providing design services as well as working on internal products. In the Fall of 20 24\, we made a deliberate decision to begin integrating KiCad into our tec hnology tool stack and workflow. Tooling is rarely dictated by our custome rs as we deliver on final product outcomes. We've found that business prof itability and productivity for our use case often hinge on tooling feature s that major vendors aren't prioritizing. This session details our ongoing journey toward incorporating KiCad into our development pipeline\, with a particular focus on HTTP libraries and the kicad-cli as key enablers. \n\ nWe'll share real-world experiences of how open formats and customizable t ooling have improved our processes\, especially with library management an d metadata handling\, and how we've successfully migrated approximately 10 \,000 parts from our existing database to KiCad 9. This presentation will be valuable for hardware professionals considering similar transitions or looking at options for a mixed-tooling environment. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:From Altium to KiCad and everything in between: A Path to Integrati ng Open-Source EDA into a Professional Workflow - Eli Hughes URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/GNLGN8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-PQ3RAB@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T134000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T142500 DESCRIPTION:QSPICE® is SPICE-based\, freely available circuit simulation s oftware that includes tools for making JFET\, MOSFET and diode models. Thi s presentation describes and documents the interprocess communication of t he different QSPICE processes so they can replace QSPICE schematics with K iCAD schematics to add simulation\, marching waveforms\, and cross probing to KiCAD. This will enable KiCAD users to integrate QSPICE elements that complement KiCAD capabilities to enhance their circuit simulation\, model creation and layout experiences. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:QSPICE Modeling and Simulation Tools for More Effective PCB Layout - Mike Engelhardt URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/PQ3RAB/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-P9QEBW@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T142500 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T151000 DESCRIPTION:Designing a PCB is more than just routing and connecting compon ents—it's about ensuring your board can be manufactured without expensiv e reworks and delays. That's where DRCs come in. They act as a defense aga inst design for manufacturing issues\, catching mistakes before they reach the fab house. KiCad 9 takes this further with custom DRCs\, ensuring man ufacturability from the initial design phase.\nIn this presentation\, you ’ll learn how to set up custom DRC in KiCad 9 to prevent critical manufa cturing errors.\n\nConfiguring KiCad 9 custom DRC to prevent DFM issues\n\ nThe updated KiCad 9 DRC engine allows deeper customization\, letting you define rules and match your CM's capabilities. You can set up the constrai nts in advance for trace width and drill sizes and eliminate the guessing game.\n\nOne of the common pitfalls in PCB design is violating trace width and spacing requirements. If traces are too thin\, they might cause overh eating. If they are too close together\, there is a higher risk of short c ircuits. To counter this\, set the values in the DRC editor for minimum tr ace width and spacing (for example\, 6 mil). \n\nVias and annular rings ar e widely prone to manufacturing issues. When via holes or annular ring dim ensions are too small\, it might lead to open circuits. Set minimum via si zes and annular ring widths to match your PCB fab's drill tolerances. Conf igure the DRC as per your drill-to-copper clearance requirements (prefer 8 mil). Rules for silkscreen and solder mask must be applied to ensure legi ble text and adequate mask relief.\n\nInstead of applying length-matching rules for individual traces\, you can create a group and set constraints f or preventing signal skew.\n\nDon't forget to validate component placement with your DRC. To prevent assembly issues\, define keep-out zones near th e board edges and between large components. \n\nConfiguring DRC makes your design ready for will make your prototypes ready for production. Use KiCa d 9 custom DRC to enforce practical design for manufacturing rules. \n\nWh at you’ll learn:\n\n● What’s new in KiCad 9?\n● Common DFM issues \n● Benefits of custom DRCs for DFM compliance\n● Setting Up custom DR C rules in KiCad 9\n○ Creating custom trace width and spacing rules\n○ Setting up via and annular ring constraints\n○ Implementing silkscreen and solder mask rules\n○ Validating component placement\n○ Length matc hing for a group of signals\n○ Defining rules for specific layers and re gions DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:How to Avoid Common DFM Issues with KiCad 9 Custom DRCs - Amit Bahl URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/P9QEBW/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-LHBRBH@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T153000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T161500 DESCRIPTION:Coming from a background of software and only picking up produc tion electronics for the first time through KiCad 5.1 due to business need \, we'll share challenges and opportunities encountered in a nontrivial pr oject across workflow\, project management\, upgrade hassles\, file types\ , custom automation\, mechanical integrations\, cabling and interconnects\ , IP\, and so on. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Zero to KiCad - Walter Stanish URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/LHBRBH/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-YPCTZ3@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250529T161500 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250529T170000 DESCRIPTION:Unlock faster and cheaper prototype development and gain confid ence earlier in your project using KiCad project templates to create inter changeable and interlocking boards. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Project Jigsaw Puzzle: creating interchangeable prototypes and dev boards with KiCad templates - Reed Harston URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/YPCTZ3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-3AFF9D@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T090000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T095000 DESCRIPTION:The KiCad custom design rules are a powerful tool to verify you r designs. In this talk\, I will cover a number of examples for what cust om design rules do and do not provide. I will also provide real world exa mples of how to use these design rules in your work. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Level Up your custom design rules - Seth N Hillbrand URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/3AFF9D/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-7GS87C@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T095000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T104000 DESCRIPTION:Project-based curriculum at UC San Diego has been a strength ov er the past decade. Project courses have spread from intro to senior level \, where students have been able to build robots\, pinball machines\, auto nomous vehicles and more. PCB design\, assembly\, and integration skills e mpower students to apply what they have learned in circuits and embedded s ystems courses to meaningful projects. In this talk\, two UCSD intro and s enior level courses that include Kicad and PCB design as part of their cur riculum will be discussed in detail. Discussion will be encouraged for how this student learning experience can be improved and scaled. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:PCB Design in University Project-Based Courses - Karcher Morris\, C olin Zyskowski\, Ph.D. URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/7GS87C/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-GQEHCS@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T111000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T115000 DESCRIPTION:NCX has ripped off the bandage and moved from Altium to KiCAD. In this talk\, I will discuss our decision and explain some tools we buil t to make it easier to deal with libraries from multiple sources. In addi tion\, I demonstrate how we worked around quirks in the new JobSet feature to get consistent output files for manufacturing. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:A Migration Story\, Managing Libraries from Multiple Sources and So me Jobset Tips - Jason Goldstein URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/GQEHCS/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-BDFSXV@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T115000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T123000 DESCRIPTION:Circuitly is a KiCad compatible git and web browser based EDA t ool\, designed to be used alongside KiCad. In this talk Circuitly’s foun der and CEO\, Jeremy Gordon\, will walk through Circuitly’s technical de sign and architecture. Topics covered include Circuity’s GPU based rende ring architecture\, its cloud based git architecture\, and its collaborati ve CRDT based data model. This talk explores how Circuitly implements coll aborative editing of KiCad files stored in GitHub and GitLab through featu res such as visual differences. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Circuitly’s Design and Architecture: An inside look at a KiCad co mpatible\, git and web browser based EDA tool. - Jeremy Gordon URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/BDFSXV/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-H3VMQY@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T134000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T142000 DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how product teams manage BOMs\, revision s\, releases\, and specifications over the lifecycle of a hardware product ?\n\nIn this talk\, you’ll learn the basics of Product Lifecycle Managem ent (PLM) software and explore some of the available options for KiCad use rs. We’ll finish up by showing how to integrate a KiCad database library with Aligni\, a cloud-based PLM software offering a free tier for open-so urce hardware organizations. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Are we PLM yet? A beginners introduction to product lifecycle manag ement for KiCad - Chris Wilson URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/H3VMQY/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-7PLJEW@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T142000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T150000 DESCRIPTION:So many open source schematics are terrible: they give no conte xt\, they're hard to follow\, and they're mindbogglingly inconsistent. You 're trying to debug or just understand a system\, but sometimes you can't even tell what's a system input and what's an output! Come listen to us ra nt about actually useful schematics\, and help us bring beautiful\, unders tandable\, and useful schematics to the open source community. We'll discu ss graphical design\, design patterns\, critical context clues\, and then present guidelines to follow and checklists that will both make your schem atics better and save you from errors. And\, of course\, we'll discuss how KiCAD makes this all fun and easy! Many of you are experts\, so be prepar ed to share your schematic tips and tricks.\n\nAfter decades of open sourc e hardware development with commercial programs\, we finally jumped ship t o KiCAD three years and have never looked back. We've used KiCAD in hundre ds of projects\, including medical devices\, a completely open source Cube Sat system (https://www.oresat.org/)\, and literally hundreds of undergrad uate and graduate student projects. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Actually Useful Schematics in KiCAD - Andrew Greenberg URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/7PLJEW/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-KT89K9@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T153000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T161000 DESCRIPTION:A brief introduction to schematic design blocks released in ver sion 9 of KiCad. DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Schematic Design Blocks Primer - Wayne Stambaugh URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/KT89K9/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-9HD3VD@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T161000 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T164500 DESCRIPTION:Question and Answer session with KiCad lead developers\, docume nters and librarians DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:KiCad Roundtable Discussion - URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/9HD3VD/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-kicon-na-2025-WVEWQW@pretalx.kicad.org DTSTART;TZID=PST:20250530T164500 DTEND;TZID=PST:20250530T170000 DESCRIPTION:Closing remarks DTSTAMP:20260417T191111Z LOCATION:Theater SUMMARY:Closing Session - Seth Hillbrand URL:https://pretalx.kicad.org/kicon-na-2025/talk/WVEWQW/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR