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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => KiCad => Topic started by: FlyingDutch on May 27, 2023, 07:05:56 am

Title: Has Kicad a impedance and length matching functions
Post by: FlyingDutch on May 27, 2023, 07:05:56 am

Hello,

more and more often I need to use track length and impedance matching (differential and high-speed signals). I watched several tutorials of "Altium Designer" on youtube and this CAD has built-in functions for this purpose.
I am mostly using free "EasyEDA" or "Eagle CAD", but both do not have length and impedance matching functions. I wonder if "KiCad" has such features, or maybe another free CAD?

Thanks in advance and Regards

Title: Re: Has Kicad a impedance and length matching functions
Post by: Doctorandus_P on May 27, 2023, 01:04:56 pm

KiCad does have a few built-in functions for both routing differential pairs and for length matching, and a simple search (internet, KiCad manual, etc) for those terms would give you a quicker and better answer than I can write here.